Yoo Jin-ryong
{{Short description|South Korean politician (born 1956)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Yoo||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox person
| native_name = {{nobold|우진룡}}
| image = File:Yoo Jin-ryong.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1956}}
| alma_mater = Hanyang University
| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes
| hangul = 유진룡
| hanja = 劉震龍
| rr = Yu Jinryong
| mr = Yu Chinryong
}}}}
Yoo Jin-ryong ({{korean|유진룡|rr=|mr=}}) is a South Korean politician who formerly served as the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Life and career
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Yoo Jin-ryong was born on September 2, 1956, in Incheon. In 1979, he graduated from Seoul National University with a bachelor's degree in Commerce and Trade, followed by a master's degree in Public Administration from Hanyang University a few years later.{{cite news|title=Profiles of minister-nominees: Yoo Jin-ryong, Culture, sports and tourism|url=http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130213000806|newspaper=The Korea Herald|access-date=22 March 2013}}
On February 13, 2013, Yoo Jin Ryong was appointed as South Korea's Minister of Culture.{{cite web|title=Yoo Jin-ryong, a respected and seasoned cultural bureaucrat|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2013/02/13/0200000000AEN20130213006200315.HTML|publisher=Yonhap|access-date=22 March 2013}} Yoo resigned from the post in July 2014 after he clashed with President Park over staffing issues.{{Cite news|author=Kim Hoo-ran|title=Troubling revelations about Seoul's 'Shadow President': The Korea Herald columnist |date=27 October 2016 |newspaper=The Straits Times |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/troubling-revelations-about-seouls-shadow-president-the-korea-herald-columnist |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028132834/http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/troubling-revelations-about-seouls-shadow-president-the-korea-herald-columnist |archive-date=28 October 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}Yoo Jin-ryong accused President Park's chief of staff of pressuring, in 2014, the ministry to fire six high-level officials because their political views were "incompatible with the Park administration." {{Cite news|author=Jung Min-ho |title=Former top presidential aide's home raided |date=26 December 2016 |newspaper=The Korea Times |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/12/116_220874.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227134944/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/12/116_220874.html |archive-date=27 December 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}
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