Rhyu Si-min 유시민 柳時敏 | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 25 April 2003 – 29 May 2008 | |
Preceded by | Kwack Chi-Young (canceled) |
Succeeded by | Son Beom-gyu |
Constituency | Deogyang 1st (Goyang) |
Minister of Health and Welfare | |
In office 10 February 2006 – 22 May 2007 | |
President | Roh Moo-hyun |
Preceded by | Kim Geun-tae |
Succeeded by | Byun Jae-jin |
Personal details | |
Born | Bukbu-dong, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do South Korea | July 28, 1959
Political party | Independent (2018-) Justice Party (South Korea) (2012-2018) Unified Progressive Party (2011-2012) People's Participation Party (2009-2011) Independent (2008-2009) United New Democratic Party (2007-2008) Uri Party (2003-2007) People's Party for Reform (2002-2003) |
Spouse | Han Gyeong-hye |
Residence(s) | Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu Seoul metropolitan city South Korea |
Alma mater | Seoul National University Department of Economics (B.S.) Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Gutenberg School of Management & Economics (M.S.) |
Profession | Politician |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | South Korea |
Branch/service | Republic of Korea Army |
Years of service | 1980-1983 |
Rank | Byeongjang |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 유시민 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Yu Simin |
McCune–Reischauer | Yu Simin |
Rhyu Si-min (Korean: 유시민; born 28 July 1959) is a South Korean politician who served as the 44th Minister of Health and Welfare from February 2006 to May 2007 under the Roh Moo-hyun administration .
Rhyu studied economics at Seoul National University and later earned a master's degree in economics from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. He worked as a journalist for Dong-a Ilbo and The Hankyoreh, before entering politics in August 2002.
In February 2006, he became Minister of Health and Welfare but resigned on 22 May 2007. On 18 August 2007, he announced his candidacy for president,[1] but later dropped out during the primary.
Later, Rhyu was elected to the National Assembly as a member of the United New Democratic Party, representing the Deogyang A district.
He was selected by the liberal opposition parties to run for governor of Gyeonggi province on 13 May 2010.[2] In December 2011, Rhyu agreed to merge his People's Participation Party with the Unified Progressive Party and served as one of the co-chairs after the merger.[3]
He announced his retirement from politics on 19 February 2013.[4][5]