Oh Se-hoon
Oh Se-hoon (Korean: 오세훈; 吳世勳 born 4 January 1961, Seoul, South Korea[1]) is a South Korean politician. He became the mayor of Seoul in 2021. He was also the mayor from 2006 to 2011.
Oh Se-hoon | |
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오세훈 | |
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| Mayor of Seoul | |
| Assumed office 8 April 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Park Won-soon |
| In office 1 July 2006 – 26 August 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Lee Myung Bak |
| Succeeded by | Park Won-soon |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 30 May 2000 – 29 May 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Hong Sa-duk |
| Succeeded by | Gong Sung-jin |
| Constituency | Gangnam 2nd (Seoul) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 January 1961 Seongdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
| Political party | People Power |
| Other political affiliations | Bareun Party (2016-2018) Liberty Korea Party (2018-2020) |
| Spouse(s) | Song Hyeon-ok |
| Children | Oh Joo-won (daughter) Oh Seung-won (daughter) |
| Residence | Seoul, South Korea |
| Alma mater | Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Korea University (LL.B., LL.M., J.D.) |
| Profession | Politician Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic (Christian name : Stephen) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  South Korea |
| Branch/service |  Republic of Korea ArmyArmy Security Command |
| Years of service | 1988–1991 |
| Rank |  Jungwi (First Lieutenant) |
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| Revised Romanization | O Sehun |
| McCune–Reischauer | O Sehun |
Education
changeWhen he was young, his family was very poor. He hasa said that he would need to finish his homework before sunset This was because it was very hard for his family to use electricity. After he graduated from high school, he entered Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. He studied Law. During his second year, he moved from HUFS to Korea University. In 1984, he passed the 26th Korean bar examination.
Political career
changeOh served the military as an officer soon after graduating from law school. After finishing his military service, he worked as a lawyer in Seoul for about 15 years. He appeared on television programs about law many times. That made him become very famous, so he campaigned to being a politician. In 2000, he was elected as a member of the National Assembly, belonging to Grand National Party. As a young politician, he tried to break and change the old and conservative image of Grand National Party. After completing the four years of his term as a member of the National Assembly, he went back to being a lawyer.
Though he had left the political world, he was still preferred by many people. He was even favoured as the next mayor of Seoul, because the former mayor Lee Myung-bak was running for the President. At first, he consistently denied running for the mayor of Seoul. But as he was considered the best candidate for the mayor in many polls, and as Grand National Party persuaded him to run for the mayor, he finally decided to run.
As mayor
changeEven before the election, he always won in many polls. As a result, he got over 60% in the 2006 election and became the mayor of Seoul easily. In this election, he promised to remove Dongdaemun Stadium, redevelop about 50 towns, encourage people to learn English, and change diesel buses to natural-gas buses.
In 2010, he tried to be re-elected as mayor. He was expected to easily defeat other candidates again. But in the vote counting, he was about to lose. The gap between him and the second candidate, Han Myeong-sook was just about 0.6%. He decided to quit after winning the election.[2]
He was criticized because in his last 5 years in office the debt of Seoul tripled.[3]
References
change- ↑ "About the Mayor". Archived from the original on 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ↑ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jnPRPA3i5yJjAlMzcl5ZmZsYlmeg?docId=b49be7e03f80414a9dc16ea9b022949b[permanent dead link] (AP via Google News)
- ↑ Ahn (안), Hong-seok (홍석) (2011-09-13). "서울시 빚 5년새 3배 증가…1인당 37만원". Yonhap News (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-10-01.