Kim Sang-hee

{{Short description|South Korean politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Vice Speaker Kim Sang-hee in February 2021.jpg

| native_name = {{nobold|김상희}}

| party = Democratic

| alma_mater = Ewha Womans University

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|05|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gongju, South Korea

| office = Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly

| termstart = 5 June 2020

| termend = 29 May 2022

Served with Chung Jin-suk since 31 August 2021

| predecessor = Lee Joo-young
Joo Seung-yong

| successor = Kim Young-joo

| office1 = Member of the National Assembly

| constituency1 = Gyeonggi Bucheon C

| predecessor1 = Cha Myong-jin

| successor1 =

| termstart1 = 30 May 2020

| constituency2 = Proportional representation

| termstart2 = 30 May 2008

| termend2 = 29 May 2012

| blank1 = Religion

| data1 = Roman Catholic
(Christian name: Crescentia)

}}

{{family name hatnote|Kim||lang=Korean}}

Kim Sang-hee ({{Korean|hangul=김상희|hanja=金相姬}}; born 18 May 1954) is a South Korean four-term parliamentarian currently serving as one of Deputy Speakers of National Assembly. Kim is the first woman to join the leadership of the South Korean parliament and become its deputy speaker.{{Cite web|title=Kim Sang-hee Elected as S. Korea's First Female Deputy Assembly Speaker|url=http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=153930|access-date=2020-06-10|website=KBS World Radio|language=en}}

Before entering politics, Kim dedicated her career in civil societies.{{Cite web|date=2020-05-21|title=Assembly to have first female deputy speaker|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2020/06/356_289924.html|access-date=2020-06-10|website=The Korea Times|language=en}} In 2005 she received Order of Civil Merit for her advocacy work on women's rights - namely in abolishing patriarchal Hoju system and enacting special law on sexual violence - as one of heads of now-Women Link, a South Korean NGO.{{Cite news|date=2020-04-16|script-title=ko:21대 국회 안착 성공한 '페미니스트 어벤져스'|url=http://www.womennews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=198270|access-date=2020-06-10|website={{ill|The Women's News|ko|여성신문}}|language=ko}}

She first entered politics through proportional representation for which she was on number 11 on her party's list. Since then Kim took multiple senior roles in her party and its succeeding parties such as a member of its Supreme Council, chair of its Women's Committee and its deputy floor leader. Kim was the chair of Gender Equality and Family Committee of the National Assembly from 2012 to 2014.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:김상희 :: 네이버 인물검색|url=https://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%EA%B9%80%EC%83%81%ED%9D%AC&sm=tab_etc&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService&os=151651|access-date=2020-06-10|website=people.search.naver.com}}

Kim also served as the deputy chair of Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy led by President Moon Jae-in from 2017 to 2020.{{Cite web|date=2017-09-25|title=靑, 저출산·고령화사회위원회 부위원장에 김상희 민주당 의원|url=https://news.joins.com/article/21969388|access-date=2020-06-10|website=JoongAng Ilbo|language=ko}}{{Cite web|script-title=ko:총선 앞두고 저출산고령 부위원장 서형수 의원 임명|url=http://m.medicaltimes.com/NewsView.html?ID=1131382|access-date=2020-06-10|website=메디칼타임즈}}

Kim holds a bachelor's degree in pharmacy from Ewha Womans University.