Sohn Hak-kyu

{{Short description|South Korean politician (born 1947)}}

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{{BLP sources|date = August 2011}}

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| name = Sohn Hak-kyu

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| office = Leader of the Bareunmirae Party

| term_start = 2 September 2018

| term_end = 24 February 2020

| predecessor = Kim Dong-cheol {{small|(Interim)}}

| successor = Party dissolved

| office1 = Member of the National Assembly

| term_start1 = 28 April 2011

| term_end1 = 29 May 2012

| constituency1 = Bundang B (Seongnam)

| predecessor1 = Yim Tae-hee

| successor1 = Jhun Ha-jin

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| term_start2 = 30 May 2000

| term_end2 = 30 June 2002

| constituency2 = Gwangmyeong

| predecessor2 = Cho Se-hyung

| successor2 = Jeon Jae-hee

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| term_start3 = 25 April 1993

| term_end3 = 6 April 1998

| constituency3 = Gwangmyeong

| predecessor3 = Yoon Hang-youl

| successor3 = Cho Se-hyung

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| office4 = Chairman of the Democratic Party

| term_start4 = 3 October 2010

| term_end4 = 22 December 2011

| predecessor4 = Chung Sye-kyun

| successor4 = Position abolished

| term_start5 = 17 February 2008

| term_end5 = 6 July 2008

| alongside5 = Park Sang-chun

| predecessor5 = Position established

| successor5 = Chung Sye-kyun

| office6 = Governor of Gyeonggi Province

| term_start6 = 1 July 2002

| term_end6 = 30 June 2006

| predecessor6 = Lim Chang-youl

| successor6 = Kim Moon-soo

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| office7 = Minister of Health and Welfare

| term_start7 = 13 November 1996

| term_end7 = 5 August 1997

| predecessor7 = Lee Sung-ho

| successor7 = Choi Kwang

| president7 = Kim Young-sam

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| birth_place = Siheung County, southern Korea

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| party = Independent

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People's Party (2017–2018)
Democratic Party of Korea (2007–2016)

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| alma_mater = Seoul National University
University of Oxford

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| website = http://www.hq.or.kr/

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Sohn Hak-kyu ({{Korean|hangul=손학규}}; born 22 November 1947) is a South Korean politician and former governor of Gyeonggi Province, the most populous province in Korea. He became a politician in 1996 as a congressman of the Grand National Party and governor of Gyeonggi-do in 2002. He was the leader of the liberal Democratic Party.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110201222356/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2011-01/25/c_13706825.htm Welfare battle dominates S. Korean politics] Sohn announced he was running in the 2022 presidential election as an independent candidate,{{cite news |last1=Roh |first1=Suk-jo |title=Veteran Sohn Hak-kyu Declares Presidential Bid Again |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2021/11/30/2021113000933.html |access-date=30 November 2021 |work=The Chosun Ilbo |date=30 November 2021 |language=en}} but subsequently withdrew his candidacy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chosun.com/politics/election2022/2022/01/27/IUW7ZKQMW5GXPP5UI3ALNUBHBE/|script-title=ko:손학규, 대선후보 사퇴 "많이 부족했고, 조용히 살겠다"|date=27 January 2022|website=The Chosun Ilbo}}

A Kyunggi High School and Seoul National University graduate, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford.

His daughter, Sohn Won-pyung, is a novelist.