- Moon Kook-hyun
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This is a Korean name; the family name is Moon.
Moon Kook-hyun Leader of the Creative Korea Party Incumbent Assumed office
October 14, 2007Member of the National Assembly Incumbent Assumed office
June 5, 2008Constituency Eunpyeong-eul, Seoul Personal details Born January 12, 1949
Seoul,
South KoreaPolitical party Creative Korea Party Spouse(s) Park Su-ae Children 2 daughters Residence Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul Religion Roman Catholic Moon Kook-hyun Hangul 문국현 Hanja 文國現 Revised Romanization Mun Guk-hyeon McCune–Reischauer Mun Kuk-hyŏn Moon Kook-hyun (Korean: 문국현, Hanja: 文國現, born 12 January 1949) is the leader of the Creative Korea Party, who served as a well-known business manager and civil environmental campaigner in South Korea before entering his political career.
Born in Seoul, Moon studied English language at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, graduating with a BA in 1972, then took a postgraduate course in Business Administration at the Seoul National University.[1]
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As a Business Leader
Moon began his career at Yuhan-Kimberly, a company manufacturing paper and woven fibre products. In 1983, he spent a year in the United States, taking some new management concepts. On his return, he developed the concept of "environmental management", focusing on digital printing technologies and the use of recycled paper.[1]
In 1995, Moon became Chief Executive Officer of Yuhan-Kimberly. In 1996, Moon was appointed committee director of the U.N. Environment (UNEP) Korea Development Organization. Faced with a financial crisis in 1997, he developed a new shift system where workers worked twelve-hours shifts for four days running, then took four days off.[1]
2007 Presidential Election
In August 2007, Moon resigned from Yuhan-Kimberly to run in the South Korean presidential election, 2007. In October, he formed the Creative Korea Party, with an anti-corruption, pro-environmentalist program, gaining a bit of support from liberal voters who supported the Participatory Government, conservative voters who wanted to change the government and liked a similar 'business leader' portfolio but disliked Lee Myung-bak, and from the labor movement.[2]
In the election, Moon won 5.8% of the votes for fourth place. Moon is a Roman Catholic.[3]
2008 Legislative Election
On April 9, 2008, Moon beat the close confidante of Lee Myung-bak (president) Lee Jae-oh (GNP, Incumbent), by more than 11%.[4] Although the harsh loss of South Korean liberal candidates especially in Seoul at this 2008 election, his campaign against 'the Grand Korean Canal' project boosted his popularity in his electoral division and across the nation.
References
- ^ a b c "Moon Kook-hyun, CEO Of Yuhan-Kimberly", Chosun Ilbo, 19 January 2001
- ^ "Dark horse presidential candidate launches party ahead of election", Yonhap News Agency, 30 October 2007
- ^ 문국현 소개
- ^ Rise and Fall of Heavyweights, the Korea Times, Retrieved on April 9, 2008
External links
- Official Homepage (Korean)
- Official Mini-homepage(at Cyworld) (Korean)
- Official Weblog(at Naver.com) (Korean)
Grassroot Organizations
Candidates in the South Korean presidential election, 2007 Liberals
(Pro-Govt Primary)Moon Kook-hyunDemocratic PartyLee In-je · Jang Sang · Kim Min-seok · Shin Guk-hwan
Conservatives
(GNP Primary)IndependentProgressives
(DLP Primary)Independents Huh Kyung-young (Republican) · Geum Min (Socialist) · Chung Kun-mo (True Owner Coalition) · Chun Gwan (CSFTA)Resigned Sim Dae-pyong (People First Party) · Lee Soo-sung (People's Coalition for Unity and Advance)Official candidates in small capsCategories:- 1949 births
- Living people
- People from Seoul
- South Korean businesspeople
- South Korean Roman Catholics
- South Korean environmentalists
- Members of the National Assembly of South Korea
- Creative Korea Party politicians
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