Education
He studied at the Department of Political Diplomacy of Dong-A University, graduating in 1987.
金斗官
governor minister politician civil servant
He studied at the Department of Political Diplomacy of Dong-A University, graduating in 1987.
He was elected governor in the 2010 local elections as an independent after two previous unsuccessful attempts. He served as Minister for Home Affairs under the administration of Roh Moo-hyun, and is seen as a potential contender for the Democratic Unionist Party nomination in the 2012 presidential election. Kim Doo-kwan was born in a village in Namhae on 10 April 1959.
After serving as Secretary-General of the Namhae farmers" association from 1987, Kim was prefect of Namhae County in the 1990s.
He failed in a bid to become governor of South Gyeongsang in 2002. In 2003, he was chosen as Minister for Government Administration and Home Affairs by Roh Moo-hyun, but on 3 September of that year the National Assembly voted to dismiss him.
He subsequently lost a second attempt to become governor in 2006. Governorship
Despite originally promising to maintain his independence, in February 2011 he joined the Democratic United Party.
He has been termed the "little Roh Moo-hyun" on account of his unprivileged background and his principles.
He unsuccessfully contested Namhae in the 2004 National Assembly elections for the Uri Party, winning 16.9% of the vote. Party politics
After the party"s defeat in the 2012 parliamentary elections, Kim emerged as an alternative candidate for the Democratic Unionist Party nomination for that year"s presidential election, though he had been considered as a potential frontrunner beforehand.
