Ahn Hee-jung
| Ahn Hee-jung | |
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| 안희정 | |
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| Governor of South Chungcheong Province | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Lee Wan-koo |
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| Born |
1 May 1965 Nonsan, South Korea |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Political party | Democratic Party of Korea |
| Education | Korea University |
| Religion | Buddhism |
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| Hangul | 안희정 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | An Huijeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | An Hŭijŏng |
Ahn Hee-jung is the 36th and 37th Governor of Chungcheongnam-do Province, South Korea.
Ahn Hee-jung was born in Yeonmu-eup, Nonsan-si, Chungcheongnam-do(a.k.a. South Chungcheong Province) on May 1, 1965 as the third child of five. In the first grade, he dropped out of Namdaejeon High School in Daejeon-si due to his involvement in the Pyeongcheonha Incident in which he was caught on reading anti-regime paper “Pyeongcheonha,” published by Lee Chan-koo. The underground newspaper which was on a banned list was handed over by the owner of Jaeil Bookstore at the corner of Daejeon Downtown District. Even though he was transferred to Seongnam High School in Daebang-dong, Seoul, he decided to quit school. After partaking in demonstrations staged against Kookpoong 81, he decided to go to university thinking university entrance would give him the leverage to actively participate in pro-democracy student protests. Nanam Publication, 48p. Aiming at university entrance, Ahn first passed the qualification exam and after passing it, he was admitted to Korea University in 1983. Since he entered university, he actively organized the Korea University Patriotic Students Association by merging fourteen student clubs of Korea University.
In 1998, he was arrested by the Agency for National Security Planning and was imprisoned for 10 months after being convicted of the involvement in the youth-led rallies motivated by anti-American sentiment.
Starting from January 1989, Ahn Hee-jung worked as an aide to lawmaker Kim Deok-ryong of the Reunification Democratic Party. On January 1, 1990, Kim Young-sam led the three-party-merger supported by seven political leaders: Lee Ki-taek; Kim Jeong-gil; Jang Seok-hwa; Park Chan-jong; Hong Sa-deok; Lee Chul and Rho Moo-hyun. However, Ahn did not join the move as he was against the three-party-merger in principal so instead he led the efforts to establish a new democratic party in 1990. The eighteen members of the Reunification Democratic Party including Ahn Hee-jung chose to remain in the newly established democratic party.
And he worked as Secretary to Director General Lee Chul. As he became disillusioned with the negative sides of politics, he made his mind to quit politics. To further reflect on his decision, he chose to do daywork at the construction site of the Changwon Labor Welfare Center for two months. After Lawmaker Lee Chul took victory at the general election, he resigned as secretary and quit politics on April 4, 1992.
After quitting politics, he started new career as a sales manager of a publishing company. As he was disappointed by lack of conviction amongst the existing politicians, he returned to Korea University to continue his study for a new opportunity. Meanwhile, with Lee Kwang-jae, he worked as Director General of the Local Autonomy Affairs Research Institute in June 1994, to support Presidential Candidate Rho Moo-hyun, who lost in the 1992 general election. While working as a political aide to Roh Moo-hyun, the presidential candidate of the New Millennium Democratic Party, who won the presidential election in 2002, Ahn Hee-jung was credited for the successful campaign.
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