Lee Jong-kul

{{Short description|South Korean politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Lee Jong-kul

|native_name = {{nobold|이종걸}}

|native_name_lang = ko

|image = Lee Jong-geol from acrofan.jpg

|image_size = 160

|caption = At Hotel Shilla, Seoul in April 2007

|office = Member of the National Assembly

|constituency1 = Manan (Anyang)

|term_start = 30 May 2000

|term_end = 29 May 2020

|predecessor = Kim Il-ju

|successor = Kang Deuk-gu

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|5|22|df=y}}

|birth_place = Seoul, South Korea

|death_date =

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|party = Democratic Party of Korea

|alma_mater = Seoul National University

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}}{{Infobox Korean name

|title = Korean name

|hangul = 이종걸

|hanja = 李鍾杰

|rr = I Jonggeol

|mr = Ri Chonggŏl

}}

Lee Jong-kul (born 22 May 1957) is a South Korean politician. He has a bachelor's degree in law from Seoul National University. He is currently a member of the National Assembly and was the floor leader of The Minjoo Party of Korea.{{cite news |author= |title=Lee Jong-kul elected as NPAD's new floor leader |url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3003940 |newspaper=Korea JoongAng Daily |date=8 May 2015 |access-date=5 October 2015 }} He is proud of his grandfather Lee Hoe-yeong as he devoted himself to fighting Japanese colonialists.{{cite news |author= |title=Lee family devoted to Korean liberation |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/09/180_172910.html |newspaper=The Korea Times |date=2 February 2015 |access-date=5 October 2015 }}

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