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Sohn Hak-kyu

South Korean politician (born 1947) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sohn Hak-kyu
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Sohn Hak-kyu (Korean: 손학규; born 22 November 1947) is a South Korean politician and former governor of Gyeonggi Province, the most populous province in Korea. He became a politician in 1996 as a congressman of the Grand National Party and governor of Gyeonggi-do in 2002. He was the leader of the liberal Democratic Party.[1] Sohn announced he was running in the 2022 presidential election as an independent candidate,[2] but subsequently withdrew his candidacy.[3]

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A Kyunggi High School and Seoul National University graduate, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford.

His daughter, Sohn Won-pyung, is a novelist.

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