Kwon Young-se
{{Short description|South Korean politician}}
{{Family name hatnote|Kwon|lang=Korean}}{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = The Honourable
| name = Kwon Young-se
| alt = Kwon Young-se portrait
| honorific_suffix = MP
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|4|1| df=y}}
| birth_place = Seoul, South Korea
| native_name = {{nobold|권영세}}
| image = Kwon Young-se's Portrait (2025.1).png
| caption = Kwon in 2025
| party = People Power Party
| alma_mater = Seoul National University (LLB, LLM)
Harvard University (MPA)
| office = Chairman of the Emergency Response Committee of the People's Power Party
| status = Ad Interim
| termstart = 30 December 2024
| termend = 10 May 2025
| predecessor = Kweon Seong-dong
| successor = Kweon Seong-dong
| office1 = Minister of Unification
| president1 = Yoon Suk Yeol
| primeminister1 = Han Duck-soo
| term_start1 = 16 May 2022
| term_end1 = 28 July 2023
| predecessor1 = Lee In-young
| successor1 = Kim Yung-ho
| office2 = Member of the National Assembly
| termstart2 = 30 May 2020
| predecessor2 = Chin Young
| constituency2 = Yongsan
| term_start3 = 8 August 2002
| term_end3 = 29 May 2012
| predecessor3 = Kim Min-seok
| successor3 = Shin Kyoung-min
| constituency3 = Yeongdeungpo B
| office4 = South Korean Ambassador to China
| president4 = Park Geun-hye
| term_start4 = 1 June 2013
| term_end4 = 26 March 2015
| predecessor4 = Lee Kyu-hyung
| successor4 = Kim Jang-soo
| allegiance = {{flagdeco|South Korea}} South Korea
| branch = Republic of Korea Air Force
| serviceyears = 1986–1989
| unit = Military advocate
| rank = Captain
({{langx|ko|대위}})
}}
Kwon Young-se ({{Korean|hangul=권영세|hanja=權寧世}}; born 1 April 1959) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who is currently serving as the member for Yongsan in the National Assembly. A member of the People Power Party, he is often described as a moderate conservative within his party.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:권영세 "중도 잡겠다" vs 주호영 "보수 재건"… 통합당 원내대표 '막판 호소'|url=http://www.newdaily.co.kr/site/data/html/2020/05/07/2020050700140.html|access-date=2021-04-11|website={{ill|Newdaily|ko|뉴데일리}}|date=7 May 2020|language=en}} He previously served in the National Assembly as the member for Yeongdeungpo B from 2002 to 2012.{{Cite web|date=2016-01-20|script-title=ko:[총선 격전지를 가다] ② 영등포 을|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/news/special-edition/view/2016/01/55650/|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Maeil Business Newspaper|language=ko}}
Early life
Kwon Yeong-se was born on February 24, 1959, into a working-class family in Seoul. He graduated from the Seoul National University School of Law and passed his bar examination in 1983. He later received his MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School.
Career
Prior to becoming a politician, Kwon worked as a public prosecutor. He entered politics when he was nominated as the Grand National Party's candidate for Yeongdeungpo B in the 2002 South Korean by-elections after former member Kim Min-seok's resignation in order to run in the Seoul Mayoral election. Kwon was elected with 54.9% of the vote in the election.{{Cite web|title=8·8 재보선 당선자 : 정치 :인터넷한겨레 The Hankyoreh|url=http://legacy.www.hani.co.kr/section-003000000/2002/08/003000000200208082309001.html|access-date=2021-04-09|website=legacy.www.hani.co.kr}} He was re-elected in his constituency in the 2004 election and the 2008 election, but failed to be re-elected in the 2012 election.{{Cite web|title=[약속 2012 4·11총선 이후]여 사무총장의 저주… 서울 영등포을 낙선 권영세|date=13 April 2012|url=https://www.donga.com/news/Politics/article/all/20120412/45488198/1}}
While not a member of the National Assembly, he actively supported Park Geun-hye's campaign in the 2012 South Korean presidential election. He was then appointed by President Park Geun-hye to serve as South Korea's Ambassador to China in early 2013. He returned to South Korea in March 2015 and was succeeded by Kim Jang-soo.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:"권영세 비서실장설, 주목해야 또 안 당한다" - 고발뉴스닷컴|url=http://www.gobalnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=13182|access-date=2021-04-11|website=www.gobalnews.com}}
Upon his return to South Korea, he once again ran as the Saenuri Party's candidate for the Yeongdeungpo B constituency in the 2016 South Korean legislative election, however he was defeated by incumbent Shin Kyoung-min.{{Cite web|date=|script-title=ko:[격전지를 가다] 수성 vs 탈환 영등포을, 신경민-권영세 '초박빙'|url=http://m.newspim.com/news/view/20160407000193|access-date=2021-04-11|website=NewsPim|language=ko}}
In the 2020 South Korean legislative election, Kwon narrowly defeated Democratic candidate Kang Tae-woong in the Yongsan constituency race, returning to the National Assembly as a member after eight years.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:[포토] 당선 소감 밝히는 권영세 통합당 용산구 후보|url=http://www.newdaily.co.kr/site/data/html/2020/04/16/2020041600039.html|access-date=2021-04-11|website={{ill|Newdaily|ko|뉴데일리}}|date=16 April 2020|language=en}}
References
{{Yoon Suk Yeol cabinet}}
{{Leaders of South Korean political parties}}
{{People Power Party (South Korea)}}
{{Ambassadors of South Korea to China}}
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Category:Politicians from Seoul
Category:Seoul National University School of Law alumni
Category:Harvard Kennedy School alumni
Category:South Korean prosecutors
Category:21st-century South Korean lawyers
Category:Members of the National Assembly (South Korea)
Category:People Power Party (South Korea) politicians
Category:Ambassadors of South Korea to China