Gong Sung-jin

Gong Sung-jin (born April 20, 1953) is a member of the Grand National Party in South Korea (also known as "Hannara"), representing Kang-nam District of Seoul. He is an avid supporter of South Korea 2007 presidential candidate Lee Myung-bak.

Education

After graduating from Kyoungki High school in Seoul he went to Yonsei University majoring in political science. He continued his education in Claremont Graduate University, CA in the United States and received his Masters Degree and Ph.D .

Career

Gong Sung-Jin was elected from Gangnam (Eul) in 2004, the 17th General election. As a legislative career, he has worked in the Environment & Labor Committee, the National Defense Committee, the Intelligence Committee, and the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification. He has held various posts in the Grand National Party as the chairman of the 1st Policy Coordination Committee, joint chairman of the National Development Strategy Research and so on. In the 17th presidential election, Gong served as chairman of the election campaign committee in Seoul. Later he was appointed as chairman of the GNP Seoul Branch in September 2007. In the presidential election in December 2007, he played a major role to make Lee Myung-Bak elected with 48.7% of vote as the Director of General Election Campaign Office. He was reelected at the general election on April 9, 2008 and was elected as a supreme committe member of the Grand National Party on July 3, 2008.

1992 - 2004. President of Hanbek Foundation
1999 - 2001. Served as a member of Millienum Committee of Jung-Ang Daily Newspaper
1999 - 2000. Served as advisor for Future Talks 2000 of Educational Broadcasting System (EBS)
1997 - 1999. Served as visiting scholar at Claremont McKenna College for "The Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies"
1997 - 1999. Served as columnist of Korea Broadcasting System.
1999. Served as advisor of a coordinating committee for 2020 World Exhibition
1995 - 1998. Served as advisor on the Reunification Issue of Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
1989 - 1997. Served as chief editor & publisher for a quarterly magazine, the Forum 21
1989 - 1992. Served as an executive Member of Korean Political Science Association
- of Korean association for Public Administration
- of Korean Society of Phenomenology
- of Korean Society of Futurology

Books

* "The Future of Korea and the World" (1991)
* "21st Century Korea and Korean" (1993)
* "Sense of Wholeness and Human Rights" (1993)
* "Foreseen Unified Koreas" (1994)
* "The Politics of Korea" (1995)
* "Dreams with Open Eyes" (1996)
* "Future Challenges of Local Autonomy in Japan, Korea nad the United States" (1997)
* "Changing World, Changing Occupations" (2000)
* "Security Strategy of Korea. 2008~2013" (2008)

External links

* [http://www.gsj.or.kr Homepage]