Lee In-je
{{short description|South Korean judge and politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Lee|lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| native_name = {{nobold|이인제}}
| native_name_lang = ko
| name = Lee In-je
| image = 2006년 11월 9일 국회의원 이인제 (cropped).jpg
| caption =
| office = Governor of Gyeonggi Province
| term_start = 1 July 1995
| term_end = 18 September 1997
| predecessor = Lee Hae-jae
| successor = Im su-bok (acting)
| office2 = Member of the National Assembly
| term_start2 = 30 May 1988
| term_end2 = 7 June 1995
| term_start3 = 30 May 2000
| term_end3 = 29 May 2016
| office4 = Minister of Labor
| term_start4 = 26 February 1993
| term_end4 = 21 December 1993
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|12|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nonsan, South Korea
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = South Korean
| party = {{Ublist
| Reunification Democratic (1987–1990)
| Democratic Liberal (1990–1995)
| New Korea (1995–1997)
| National Congress (1998–2000)
| Democratic (2000–2002, 2007–2008)
| United Democratic (2008)
| Independent (2008–2011)
| Liberty Korea (2012–2020)
| People Power (2020-present)
}}
| otherparty = {{Ublist
| New People's (1997–1998)
| United Liberal Democrats (2002–2005)
| People First (2005–2007)
| Liberty Forward (2011–2012)
}}
| spouse = Kim Eun-sook
| children =
| alma_mater = Seoul National University
}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto
|hangul=%이인제
|hanja=李仁濟
}}
Lee In-je ({{Korean|hangul=이인제}}; born 11 December 1948) is a South Korean politician and a former judge.[http://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%EC%9D%B4%EC%9D%B8%EC%A0%9C&sm=tab_etc&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService&os=97362 이인제 Lee In-je] Naver people
Political career
He was born in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province and graduated from Seoul National University. In 1988, he entered politics after having been elected to the National Assembly. He also served as the first Minister of Labor in President Kim Young-sam's administration in 1993, and the governor of Gyeonggi Province from 1995 to 1997.
In 1997, he was defeated by Lee Hoi-chang in the New Korea Party's election to choose its presidential candidate. Afterwards, he resigned from the party to create the New People's Party to launch his ultimately unsuccessful run for the presidency. In 2002, he was one of the leading contenders to run for president as the nominee of the Millennium Democratic Party but resigned after being defeated by the ultimate presidential victor Roh Moo-hyun. In 2007, Rhee again ran for president as the nominee of the Democratic Party but was defeated by Grand National Party candidate Lee Myung-bak. He has stayed active in politics and in July 2014 was elected to the Supreme Council of Saenuri Party, then ruling party of the Republic of Korea.[http://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0101_201407161405493090 불사조 이인제, 화려한 복귀 이인제, 새누리당 최고의원] YTN, July 6, Lee In-je, Member of the Supreme Council of Saenuri Party 2014 He has a special nickname: Phoenikje [a combination of Phoenix and (Rhee in) JE]. The nickname derives from his ability to change political party affiliation 16 times{{Cite news|url=http://news.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20170326000025|title=16th change of affiliating party, how was the past of 'Pheonikje' Lee In-je?|last=Kim|first=Tae Yeol|date=2017-03-26}} and be elected to the National Assembly a total of six times despite numerous past defeats in presidential elections and the fall of his affiliated parties.{{Cite news|url=http://www.mt.co.kr/view/mtview.php?type=1&no=2016041322150276521&outlink=1|title=Phoenije, Rhee In Je can be elected once again? 7 times|last=Lee|first=Ha Nuel|date=2016-04-13}} He ran for governor of South Chungcheong Province in the 2018 local elections but lost to Yang Seung-jo of the Democratic Party of Korea.
References
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External links
- [http://www.ijworld.or.kr/powerij/ Official website] {{in lang|ko}}
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Category:South Korean politicians
Category:Seoul National University alumni
Category:Politicians from South Chungcheong Province
Category:Kyungbock High School alumni
Category:Labor ministers of South Korea
Category:Governors of Gyeonggi Province
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