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Seo Eunsuk
South Korean politician (born 1967) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Seo Eunsuk (Korean: 서은숙; born 25 September 1967) is a South Korean politician who served as the mayor of Busanjin District of Busan from July 2018 to June 2022. She was the first woman to hold this position.[1]
Seo, along with Buk District Mayor Jeong Myeong-hui and Geumjeong District Mayor Jeong Mi-yeong, was elected as the first woman mayor of their respective district in Busan in the 2018 election[2] where 13 out of 16 autonomous districts/counties of Busan, including Busanjin District, have their first mayors not from People Power Party or its preceding parties.[3][4]
Seo previously served as a member of the district legislature from 2006 to 2014. During her first term from 2006 to 2010, she served as the only democratic member of the Busanjin District Council[5][unreliable source?]
In the 2018 election, Seo defeated Kim Yeong-wook (Korean: 김영욱) from the main opposition party who served as a three-term member of Busan Metropolitan Council.[6]
In 1989 Seo was the president of the student union of her college, Busan Women's College, the only women's university outside of Seoul Capital Area. In 2002 she was the secretary-general of an organisation consisted of members from civil societies supporting Roh Moo-hyun's presidential campaign and led by then-lawyer Moon Jae-in.[5][1] After losing her election in 2014, she worked for then-Mayor of Seoul Park Won-soon as one of his special advisors on policy.[7][1][5]
Seo holds two degrees - a bachelor in English language and literature from Busan Women's College and a master's in ethics from Pusan National University where she also completed a doctorate programme on ethics.[8]
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