Hwang Woo-yea
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Hwang Woo-yea | |
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황우여 | |
Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea | |
Assumed office 19 November 2014 Serving with Choi Kyoung-hwan |
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President | Park Geun-hye |
Prime Minister | Chung Hong-won Lee Wan-koo Choi Kyoung-hwan (Acting) Hwang Kyo-ahn |
Minister of Education | |
Assumed office 8 August 2014 |
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Preceded by | Seo Nam-soo |
Member of National Assembly | |
Assumed office 30 May 2012 |
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Constituency | Yeonsu District, Incheon |
Personal details | |
Born | Incheon, South Korea |
August 3, 1947
Citizenship | Korean |
Political party | Saenuri Party |
Alma mater | Seoul National University |
Occupation | politician |
Religion | Protestant |
Hwang Woo-yea (Korean: 황우여, Hanja: 黃祐呂; born 3 August 1947) is a Korean jurist, politician, and former chairman of the Saenuri Party.[1][2] As of 2012[update] Hwang represents the electorate centred on Yeonsu District, Incheon in the National Assembly of South Korea.[2]
Hwang studied law at Seoul National University.[2] He was a judge in courts in Seoul and other jurisdictions[which?] in South Korea before entering politics.[1] Hwang has been elected to the constituency he represents five times.[1][2]
In 2016 Hwang placed third on the Rainbow Vote list of 22 most homophobic politicians. He is well-known for his role as the chair of the National Breakfast Prayer Committee meeting and as a key architect of anti-gay legislations in Korea. In 2014 he participated in organizing the International Solidarity Agency to Stop Global Homosexuality,[3][4] a collaboration between Korean evangelicals and their counterparts in Haiti.
Education
- Graduated from Incheon Songnim National School
- Graduated from Incheon Middle School
- Graduation from Jaemulpo High School
- L.L.B Faculty of Law, Seoul National University
- Master's in Constitutional Studies, Seoul National University
- Doctor's in Constitution Studies, Seoul National University
References
- Articles containing Korean-language text
- Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2012
- All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases
- Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from December 2012
- South Korean politicians
- Saenuri Party politicians
- Seoul National University alumni
- Living people
- Deputy Prime Ministers of South Korea
- Members of the National Assembly (South Korea)
- 1947 births