Yoo Eun-hae
유은혜
Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
2 October 2018 – 9 May 2022
Serving with Hong Nam-ki
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterLee Nak-yeon
Chung Sye-kyun
Hong Nam-ki (acting)
Kim Boo-kyum
Preceded byKim Sang-gon
Succeeded byPark Soon-ae
Minister of Education
In office
2 October 2018 – 9 May 2022
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterChung Sye-kyun
Preceded byKim Sang-gon
Succeeded byPark Soon-ae
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 2012 – 29 May 2020
Preceded byBaek Sung-woon
Succeeded byHong Jung-min
ConstituencyGoyang C
Personal details
Born (1962-10-02) 2 October 1962
Seoul, South Korea
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materSungkyunkwan University
Ewha Womans University
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Yoo Eun-hae
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYu Eun-hye
McCune–ReischauerYu Ŭnhye

Yoo Eun-hae (Korean: 유은혜; Hanja: 兪銀惠; born 2 October 1962) is a South Korean politician who served as the Minister of Education and ex officio Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea, along with Hong Nam-ki under President Moon Jae-in from October 2018 to 9 May 2022. She is the first woman to serve as a Deputy Prime Minister in South Korea.

Yoo is the longest-serving education minister of the country. She was expected to resign and run for the governor of Gyeonggi Province but decided not to given the pandemic-disrupted education in the country.[1]

While studying at Sungkyunkwan University, she joined pro-democracy movement against authoritarian regime of then-president Chun. She has bachelor's degree in Eastern Philosophy from Sungkyunkwan University and Master's degree in public policy from Ewha Woman's University.

She first met Moon when the then-lawyer helped her family to receive benefits from her father's overwork death.[2] She was the spokesperson of Moon's second presidential campaign in 2017. From 2012 to 2020, Yoo served as the two-term, Democratic member of the National Assembly from Ilsan, Goyang.

Electoral history

Election Year District Party Affiliation Votes Percentage of votes Results
18th National Assembly General Election 2008 proportional representation Democratic Party 4,313,645 25.17% Lost
19th National Assembly General Election 2012 Gyeonggi Goyang Ilsan dong-gu Democratic United Party 60,236 51.59% Won
20th National Assembly General Election 2016 Gyeonggi Goyang C Democratic Party 62,886 47.73% Won

References

  1. ↑ 김지연 (2022-02-16). "유은혜, 경기지사 불출마…역대 최장수 교육부 장관 된다(종합2보)". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  2. ↑ "(profile) New education minister nominee is two-term lawmaker well-versed in education policy".
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