Hong Moon-jong
Hong Moon-jong (Korean: 홍문종; born 26 May 1955) is a South Korean politician who served as the Member of the National Assembly for Uijeongbu 2nd constituency. He also served as the Secretary-General of the Saenuri Party. He is the son of the late former politician Hong Woo-jun.
Hong Moon-jong | |
|---|---|
홍문종 | |
| President of the New Pro-Park Party | |
| Assumed office 25 February 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| President of the Our Republican Party | |
| In office 24 June 2019 Serving with Cho Won-jin as President of Korean Patriots' Party: 17 June 2019 - 24 June 2019 – 10 February 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Cho Won-jin |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 30 May 2012 – 29 May 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Kang Sung-jong |
| Succeeded by | Kim Min-chul |
| Constituency | Uijeongbu 2nd |
| In office 25 April 2003 – 13 July 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Moon Hee-sang |
| Succeeded by | Moon Hee-sang (1st) Kang Sung-jong (2nd) |
| Constituency | Uijeongbu |
| In office 30 May 1996 – 29 May 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Moon Hee-sang |
| Succeeded by | Moon Hee-sang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 May 1955 Yangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea |
| Citizenship | South Korean |
| Political party | Pro-Park New Party |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Liberal Party (1995) New Korea Party (1995-1997) National Party - New (1997-1998) National Congress for New Politics (1998-2000) Grand National Party (2002-2006) Saenuri Party (2012-2017) Liberty Korea Party (2017-2019) Korean Patriots' Party (2019) Our Republican Party (2019-2020) |
| Spouse | Lee So-young |
| Parent | Hong Woo-jun |
| Relatives | See Namyang Hong clan |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 홍문종 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Hong Mun-jong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hong Mun-chong |
Born at Yangju, Hong studied at Harvard University. He started his political career when he entered to the Democratic Liberal Party (then New Korea Party aka NKP) in 1995. During the general election in 1996, he defeated Moon Hee-sang from the National Congress for New Politics (NCNP). In 1997, he left the NKP and joined the National Party - New (NPN) in order to endorse Lee In-je as the upcoming President. Hong stood up as a nonpartisan candidate in 2000 despite of his lost. He temporarily came back as MP after the by-election in 2003, till he lost just after a year.
After involving several controversies, Hong officially came back as MP in 2012. He was then re-elected in 2016. As one of the politicians supporting ex-President Park Geun-hye, he endorsed her as President in 2007. He unsuccessfully ran as the parliamentary leader of the Liberty Korea Party (LKP) in 2017.
In 2019, Hong announced to leave the LKP. A minor political party named the Korean Patriots' Party elected Hong as the party president along with incumbent Cho Won-jin, and the party officially changed their name as the Our Republican Party (ORP).
On 10 February 2020, Hong was sacked from the ORP after long-time conflicts with Cho. He then formed the new party named Pro-Park New Party.