Education
He graduated from college of law in Seoul National University.
He graduated from college of law in Seoul National University.
He is now 37th governor of Jeju Province. He is a young politician who speaks for Moderate-Rights. He does not always adopt his party"s policies and convictions.
He is well known for being ranked first in two major state examinations: the College Scholastic Ability Test (1982) and the National Judicial Exam (1992).
During his youth, he carried on the labour and student movements of of Korea for 7 years, fighting for the right of labour and democratization. Passing the 34th National Judicial Exam (1992), he worked as a public prosecutor in Seoul, Yeoju, and Busan.
He is notable for putting a break on his party not to have strong leanings toward conservatism.
He is a member of the 16th, 17th, and 18th National Assembly, and was a Supreme Council Member of the conservative Grand National Party. Since then, he has been elected as a member of National Assembly (2000), served as a member of Science, Technology, Information & Telecommunication Committee, Legislation & Judiciary Committee (2002), Unification, Foreign Affairs & Trade Committee (2004), Finance & Economy Committee (2006), and Commerce, Industry & Energy Committee (2007) in the National Assembly. He has been a member of World Economic Forum since 2003 and was elected as a young global leader by WEF (2005).