Cheong Yang-seog
| Cheong Yang-seog | |
|---|---|
| 정양석 | |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
|
Taking office 30 May 2016 | |
| Succeeding | Oh Young-sik |
|
In office 30 May 2008 – 29 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Oh Young-sik |
| Succeeded by | Oh Young-sik |
| Constituency | Seoul Gangbuk A |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 November 1958 Boseong, South Jeolla, South Korea |
| Citizenship | South Korean |
| Political party | Saenuri Party |
| Alma mater |
Chonnam National University Sogang University |
| Cheong Yang-seog | |
| Hangul | 정양석 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 鄭亮碩 |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong Yangseok |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Yangsŏk |
Cheong Yang-seog (Hangul: 정양석; Hanja: 鄭亮碩; born 25 November 1958) is a South Korean politician in the conservative Saenuri Party who was elected member of the National Assembly for Gangbuk, Seoul, in the 2016 parliamentary election. He previously represented the same constituency between 2008 and 2012.
In his first term as an assemblyman, Cheong was a member of the Assembly's Strategy and Finance Committee.[1] In 2010, he introduced a bill to increase the basic tax deduction for salaried workers from 1 million to 2 million South Korean won.[2] He was appointed Second Deputy Secretary-General of the Saenuri Party in 2014.[3]
Cheong was born in Boseong County, South Jeolla Province, and studied at the Korea Army Officer Candidate School before taking a course in political science at Sogang University. He entered politics as a member of the Democratic Justice Party of President Chun Doo-hwan in 1984.[1]
References
- 1 2 "서울 강북갑 새누리당 정양석". Focus News (in Korean). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ↑ "Lawmakers Backtrack on Move to Fix Fiscal Health". The Korea Times. 21 February 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ↑ "새누리 제2·3사무부총장에 정양석·손인춘" (in Korean). Yonhap News. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2016.