Ex-Yoon camp director elected ruling party floor leader

2023. 4. 7. 16:20
글자크기 설정 파란원을 좌우로 움직이시면 글자크기가 변경 됩니다.

이 글자크기로 변경됩니다.

(예시) 가장 빠른 뉴스가 있고 다양한 정보, 쌍방향 소통이 숨쉬는 다음뉴스를 만나보세요. 다음뉴스는 국내외 주요이슈와 실시간 속보, 문화생활 및 다양한 분야의 뉴스를 입체적으로 전달하고 있습니다.

Rep. Yun Jae-ok, who was previously one of the directors in the Yoon Suk Yeol presidential election camp, was elected floor leader of the ruling People Power Party on Friday. (Yonhap)

The ruling People Power Party on Friday elected police officer-turned-lawmaker Rep. Yun Jae-ok as its new floor leader.

Yun won the majority of votes from fellow lawmakers of the party, with 65 out of the 109 present, in a two-horse race against his competitor, the four-time lawmaker Rep. Kim Hack-yong.

In 2012, Yun became the first graduate of the Korean National Police University to win a National Assembly seat. He has since managed to be re-elected in the next two general elections to serve for three consecutive terms in the traditionally conservative city of Daegu.

As a police officer, he held key positions such as the chief of the National Police Agency’s information bureau and the commissioner of the Gyeonggi and North Gyeongsang provincial police departments.

Speaking to reporters, he said that he would “strive to restore South Korean people’s trust in politics and work with the opposition parties.”

During the last presidential race, Yun worked as a director in Yoon Suk Yeol’s election camp.

Yun, as a floor leader, will be working with the party’s chairperson Rep. Kim Gi-hyeon, who is deemed a Yoon ally.

Yun succeeds Rep. Joo Ho-young, a five-time lawmaker, also of Daegu, who is considered a moderate in the party.

By Kim Arin(arin@heraldcorp.com)

Copyright © 코리아헤럴드. 무단전재 및 재배포 금지.

이 기사에 대해 어떻게 생각하시나요?