Ji Sang-wook
Ji Sang-wook (Korean: 지상욱; Hanja: 池尙昱; born 16 May 1965) is a South Korean academic and politician in the conservative Bareun Party. He is currently a member of the National Assembly for Jung-gu and Seongdong-gu, Seoul, and was previously head of the party's district organization in Jung-gu.
Ji Sang-wook | |
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지상욱 | |
| President of the New Conservative Party | |
| Assumed office 5 January 2020 Serving with: Ha Tae-keung Oh Shin-hwan Yoo Ui-dong Chung Woon-chun | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 30 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Constituency | Seoul Jung–Seongdong B |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 May 1965 Seoul, South Korea |
| Citizenship | South Korean |
| Political party | New Conservative Party |
| Alma mater | Yonsei University Stanford University University of Tokyo |
| Ji Sang-wook | |
| Hangul | 지상욱 |
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| Hanja | 池尙昱 |
| Revised Romanization | Ji Sang-uk |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chi Sanguk |
Before joining the Saenuri Party, Ji was formerly a spokesman for the Liberty Forward Party, and ran as that party's candidate for Mayor of Seoul in 2010. He was nominated again for the post in 2011 but withdrew before the election took place.
Prior to his entry into politics, Ji was a professor at Yonsei University's Graduate School of International Studies. He studied civil engineering as an undergraduate at Yonsei before earning a masters at Stanford University and a doctorate from the University of Tokyo. He met LFP chairman Lee Hoi-chang in the United States after Lee's defeat in the 2002 presidential election, and subsequently served as a close aide to him.
Ji is married to the actress Shim Eun-ha, who has supported him in elections.