Noh Young-min
{{Short description|South Korean politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| native_name = {{nobold|노영민}}
| birth_place = Cheongju, South Korea
| party = Democratic
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|11|25|df=y}}
| office = Chief of Staff to the President
| president = Moon Jae-in
| predecessor = Im Jong-seok
| termstart = 9 January 2019
| office1 = South Korean Ambassador to China
| president1 = Moon Jae-in
| termstart1 = 25 October 2017
| termend1 = 8 January 2019
| office2 = Member of National Assembly
| termstart2 = 30 May 2004
| termend2 = 29 May 2016
| successor1 = Jang Ha-sung
| constituency2 = Cheongju Heungdeok-gu B
| successor2 = Do Jong-hwan
| alma_mater = Yonsei University
| image =
| successor = Yoo Young-min
| termend = 31 December 2020
}}
{{Family name hatnote|Noh||lang=Korean}}
Noh Young-min ({{Korean|노영민|盧英敏}}; born 25 November 1957) is a South Korean politician previously served as the Chief of Staff to the President Moon Jae-in and his first ambassador to China. He is a three-term parliamentarian of the ruling party, Democratic Party of Korea, and reportedly one of the closest confidants of Moon.{{Cite web|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190108000730|title=Moon names new chief of staff|date=2019-01-08|website=The Korea Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-07-16}}
Noh was admitted to Yonsei University to study business management in 1976. In 1977 he was imprisoned for two years for being involved in a protest against authoritarian regime of Park Chung Hee and in 1978 further sentenced for continuing related endeavors while in jail. In 1979 he was pardoned and released from jail. However, he was placed on police's wanted list and expelled from the university in the following year due to his involvement in Gwangju Uprising. Before being re-admitted to the university, he worked as electric engineer and labour right activist. Noh graduated from the university in 1990.{{Cite news|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20170830110500001|title=노영민 주중대사…여의도 기반 탄탄한 文대통령 최측근|language=ko|trans-title=Noh Ambassador to China...experience parliamentarian close to President Moon}}
While serving as a member of National Assembly, Noh took various high-level roles in his party and its preceding parties. He was also the chief of staff to Moon's first presidential campaign in 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/07/356_261663.html|title=Envoy to China becomes Moon's chief of staff|date=2019-01-08|website=The Korea Times|language=en|access-date=2019-07-16}} After announcing that he won't run for re-election in 2016 general election, he helped Do Jong-hwan's campaign for his constituency's seat in parliament and later Moon's presidential campaign in 2017.
In February 2025, Noh was sentenced to a suspended prison term of six months by the Seoul Central District Court for abuse of power involving the forced repatriation of two North Korean fishermen who had killed 16 of their colleagues in the Sea of Japan in 2019.{{Cite news|title=4 officials under Moon get suspended prison terms in N. Korean fishermen deportation case |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20250219009400320 |work=Yonhap News Agency|language=en-US |last=Kim |first=Han-joo |date=February 19, 2025|access-date=February 19, 2025}}
Electoral history
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!Election !Year !District !Party Affiliation !Votes !Percentage of votes !Results |
16th National Assembly General Election
|2000 |24,966 |25.75% |Lost |
17th National Assembly General Election
|2004 |36,604 |52.45% |Won |
18th National Assembly General Election
|2008 |22,175 |37.46% |Won |
19th National Assembly General Election
|2012 |41,606 |52.96% |Won |
References
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Category:Ambassadors of South Korea to China
Category:Yonsei University alumni
Category:Politicians from North Chungcheong Province
Category:Members of the National Assembly (South Korea)
Category:Democratic Party of Korea politicians
Category:Uri Party politicians