Kim Moon-soo (politician)

Kim Moon-soo
김문수
Kim in 2025
Minister of Employment and Labour
In office
30 August 2024 – 8 April 2025
PresidentYoon Suk-yeol
Han Duck-soo (acting)
Choi Sang-mok (acting)
Prime MinisterHan Duck-soo
Choi Sang-mok (acting)
Preceded byLee Jung-sik
Governor of Gyeonggi Province
In office
1 July 2006 – 30 June 2014
Preceded bySohn Hak-kyu
Succeeded byNam Kyung-pil
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 1996 – 24 April 2006
Preceded byPark Kyu-sik
Succeeded byCha Myong-jin
ConstituencySosa (Bucheon)
Personal details
Born (1951-08-27) August 27, 1951
Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang, South Korea
Political partyPeople Power
Other political
affiliations
Liberty Korea (until 2020)
Alma materSeoul National University (BA)[1]
Signature
Korean name
Hangul
김문수
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Mun-su
McCune–ReischauerKim Munsu

Kim Moon-soo (Hangul: 김문수; born August 27, 1951) is a South Korean politician. He was the minister of employment and labor from 2024 to 2025. He was the 32nd governor of Gyeonggi Province from 2006 to 2014. He was the People Power nominee for President of South Korea in the 2025 snap presidential election.[2] His campaign was briefly cancelled by the party in favor for former Acting President's Han Duck-soo's campaign, however this was reversed hours later.[3] He lost the election in June 2025 to Democratic Party nominee Lee Jae-myung.

References

  1. "CSIS Korea Chair Senior Policy Group Roundtable Opening Remarks by Governor Kim Moon-soo". Center for Strategic and International Studies. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  2. 조선일보 (2025-04-09). "김문수 "'피고인 이재명' 상대는 깨끗한 내가 제격"... 대선 출마 선언" [Kim Moon-soo “I'm the cleanest candidate for ‘defendant Lee Jae-myung’”... declares presidential candidacy]. 조선일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-04-09.
  3. "South Korea's conservatives settle on Kim Moon-soo after nomination turmoil exposes rifts". Reuters. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.

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