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Hon. Park Byeong-Seug
Date of birth: January 25, 1952 (68 years old)
Academic Background
| 1999 Ph.D. course in Mass Communication, Graduate School of Hanyang University |
| 1976 B.A. in Law, Sungkyunkwan University |
| 1970 Daejeon Middle and High School |
| 1964 Samsung Primary School, Daejeon |
Present
| - Speaker of the 21st National Assembly (for the first half) |
| - Member of the 21st National Assembly (serving sixth term from 16th NA, Daejeon Seo A) |
Executive
| - 1999 Vice Mayor for Political Affairs, Seoul Metropolitan Government |
Legislature
| - 2016 President, Korea-China Inter-Parliamentary Council |
| - 2012 Deputy Speaker (First Half of 19th NA) |
| - 2010 President, Korea-Malaysia Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group |
| - 2006 Chairman, National Policy Committee |
Positions in the Party
| - 2017 Co-Chair, Presidential Campaign Committee for Moon Jae-in |
| - 2016 Senior Vice Chairman, Overseas Korean Residents Democratic Society |
| - 2015 Chairman, National Occupation Committee, Democratic Party |
| - 2008 Chairman, Policy Committee, Democratic Party |
| - 2005 Chairman, Special Committee on the Construction of the Administrative City, Uri Party |
| - 2005 Chairman, Planning Committee, Uri Party |
| - 2000 Spokesperson, Millennium Democratic Party |
| - 2000 Special Advisor to Kim Dae-jung, Chairman of Millennium Democratic Party |
Journalism
| - 1997 Deputy Editor and Director of Economy Department, Joongang Daily |
| - 1985 Foreign Correspondent based in Hong Kong, Joongang Daily |
Other
| - 2017 Head of Korean Government Delegation to the Belt and Road Initiative Forum |
| - 2012 Special Presidential Envoy to Venezuela (on the occasion of the inauguration of the President of Venezuela) |
| - 1994 Visiting Scholar to the University of Washington, U.S.A. |
Recognitions
| - 2003 Order of Service Merit (Red Stripes) (for meritorious service as Vice Mayor for Political Affairs, Seoul Metropolitan City)
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| - 1996 Korea Journalist Award (People Who Move the Business World) |
| - 1989 Korea Journalist Award (Report on the Tiananmen Square Protests) |
Literary Works
| - 2011 Egg, Hits the Rock (Media 21) |
| - 1996 People Who Move the Business World (Joongang Daily, co-authorship) |
