Na Kyung-won

This is a Korean name; the family name is Na.
Korean name
Hangul 나경원
Hanja 羅卿瑗
Revised Romanization Na Kyeongweon
McCune–Reischauer Na Kyŏngwŏn

Na Kyung-won (나경원, born 6 December 1963) is a South Korean politician and lawyer. She was a member of the conservative Saenuri Party (formerly the Grand National party). She was one of two candidates of the October 2011 by-election after Oh Se-hoon resigned his position as the Mayor of Seoul, she lost the election to Park Won-soon.[1] She started her political career as a special aide for women's affairs under Lee Hoi-chang in 2002 during the presidential election.[2][3]

Na did not run for the 2012 legislative election due to allegations of her husband Kim Jae-ho's, involvement of a clandestine deal with a prosecutor from the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.[4]

Na ran for the South Korean By-election as a candidate for Dongjak-gu eul's congresswoman in July, 2014, claiming victory against Justice Party (South Korea)'s Roh Hoe-chan, by a difference of 929 votes.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Ahn, Christine (January 6, 2012). "A Korean Spring?". Eurasia Review. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Lee (이), Jeong-mi (정미) (2011-10-11). '아메리카의 전여옥' 페일린, 나경원 후보 만난다. 민중의소리 (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  3. ↑ Tae-hoon, Lee (September 23, 2011). "Na joins mayoral race". The Korea Times. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  4. ↑ Song, Sang-ho (2012-03-08). "Saenuri Party’s Na not to run in April elections". Korean Herald. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  5. ↑ Kang, Jin-Kyu (2014-07-31). "Saenuri achieving landslide victory". Joongang Daily. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
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