Yang Seung-jo

In this Korean name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Seung-jo (Korean: 양승조; born 21 March 1959) is a South Korean lawyer and politician. He has served as the governor of South Chungcheong Province since 2018.

Yang Seung-jo
양승조
Governor of South Chungcheong Province
In office 1 July 2018 – 30 June 2022
Preceded by	Ahn Hee-jung
Succeeded by	Kim Tae-heum
Member of the National Assembly
In office 30 May 2004 – 14 May 2018
Preceded by	Jeon Yong-hak
Succeeded by	Yun Il-gyu
Constituency	Cheonan A (2004–2016) Cheonan C (2016–2018)
Personal details
Born	(1959-03-21) 21 March 1959 (age 66) Cheonan, South Korea
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Sungkyunkwan University Dankook University
Website	withyang.co.kr
Korean name
Hangul	양승조
Hanja	梁承晁
RR	Yang Seungjo
MR	Yang Sŭngjo

Early life

Yang Seung-jo was born in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province to a Confucian scholar, Yang Tae-seok and his mother, Lee Jong-ki.

He passed the 37th judicial examination in 1995, completed 27 training courses and worked as a lawyer.

Political career

In 2004, Yang Seung-jo ran for a Member of the National Assembly in Cheonan and he won the election. He served as the chief of staff for Chairman of the Democratic Party Sohn Hak-kyu and served as the head of the election campaign committee for Sohn Hak-kyu during the 2012 Democratic Party presidential primary. And he became a member of the Supreme council of the Democratic Party in May 2013.^[1]

Yang was elected governor of South Chungcheong Province in the 2018 local elections.^[2]