| Rhyu Si-min 유시민 柳時敏 |
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| Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea for the electoral district of Deogyang-gu | |
| In office April 30, 2003 – May 29, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Chi-Young Kwack (canceled) |
| Succeeded by | Son Beom Gyu |
| 44th Minister of Health and Welfare | |
| In office February 10, 2006 – May 22, 2007 |
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| President | Roh Moo-hyun |
| Preceded by | Kim Geun Tae |
| Succeeded by | Byun Jae-jin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 28, 1959 Bookboo-dong, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do South Korea |
| Political party | People's Participation Party (2009-) Independent (2008-2009) UNDP (2007-2008) Uri Party (2003-2007) Reform National Party (2002-2003) |
| Spouse(s) | Han Gyeong-hye |
| Residence | Deogyang-gu, Goyang-si Gyeonggi-do South Korea |
| Alma mater | Simin High School Seoul National University Department of Economics (B.S.) Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Gutenberg School of Management & Economics (M.S.) |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | Atheism |
| Website | Official website in Korean |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Republic of Korea Army |
| Rank | Corporal |
| Rhyu Si-min | |
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| Hangul | 유시민 |
| Hanja | 柳時敏 |
| Revised Romanization | Yu Simin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yu Simin |
Rhyu Si-min (Hangul: 유시민; born July 28, 1959) is a South Korean politician who served as the 44th Minister of Health and Welfare from February 2006 to May 2007. Before starting his political career since August 2002, he was a journalist of Dong-a Ilbo and The Hankyoreh, with having his continuous progressive and liberal attitudes. He was in the UNDP as an Assembly member (representative) for Deogyang A district, and is a graduate of Seoul National University with a degree in Economics, and master's from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Economics. He resigned on May 22, 2007. He declared his presidential candidacy on August 18, 2007.[1]
He was selected by the liberal opposition parties to run for governor of Gyeonggi-do province on May 13, 2010 [2]
After graduating Shim-in Senior High(School) in Daegu, He entered the Seoul National University and served as a president of Students' Union in the 1980s. He fought against Chun Doo-hwan's military regime to keep the freedom and democracy of his nation, however, he has been arrested with an accusation (the SNU Fraction case, which was made by Chun's regime) and enlisted to the DMZ to serve a military service for 33 months. He has become popular in a field of the Democratic movement of South Korea, with claiming his false-charge with 'The grounds of an appeal'(항소이유서) against the Seoul district court which secured by Chun's regime.[3]
After the 1987 election, he married to his colleague, Dr. Han Gyeong-hye(한경혜), an SNU graduate in Mathematics (and a fellow of Democratic movement) on November 1988, and served as an aide of Lee Hae Chan(a Member at that moment) for 2 years. After finishing his job, both couple went to Germany to study their majors in the 1990s.[4]
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| Preceded by Kim Geun Tae |
Health and Welfare Minister of South Korea 2006-2007 |
Succeeded by Byun Jae-jin |
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