Sohn Hak-kyu

Sohn Hak-kyu
Korean name
Hangul	손학규
Hanja	孫鶴圭
Revised Romanization	Son Hak-gyu
McCune–Reischauer	Son Hakkyu

Son Hak-Gyu (born November 22, 1947, Siheung, Gyeonggi-do) is a South Korean politician and the former governor of Gyeonggi-do, the most populous province in Korea. He became a politician in 1996 as a congressman of Grand National Party, and became a governor of Gyeonggi-do in 2002. He is the current leader of the liberal Democratic Party.^[1]

A Kyunggi High School and Seoul National University graduate, he received his Ph.D. from University of Oxford.

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Candidates in the South Korean presidential election, 2007 Liberals (Pro-Govt Primary) UNDP Primary Chung Dong-young Sohn Hak-kyu (2nd) Lee Hae-chan (3rd) Creative Korea Moon Kook-hyun Democratic Party Lee In-je Jang Sang Kim Min-seok Shin Guk-hwan Conservatives (GNP Primary) Grand National Lee Myung-bak Won Hee-ryong (3rd) Park Geun-hye (2nd) Hong Jun-pyo (4th) Independent Lee Hoi-chang Progressives (DLP Primary) Kwon Young-ghil Shim Sang-jeong (2nd) Roh Hoe-chan (3rd) Independents Huh Kyung-young (Republican) Geum Min (Socialist) Chung Kun-mo (True Owner Coalition) Chun Gwan (CSFTA) Resigned Sim Dae-pyong (People First Party) Lee Soo-sung (People's Coalition for Unity and Advance) Official candidates in small caps