Choi Gyung-hwan

Choi Gyung-hwan (; born 28 July 1959) is a South Korean activist and politician. He is the member of the National Assembly for Gwangju North 2nd constituency since 2016 and the president of the New Alternatives since 2020. Prior to these careers, he was the presidential secretary and the last aide for the former-president of the Republic Kim Dae-jung.

Career During the 1980s, Choi was once jailed for being involved in Hakrim incident and Youth Union for Pro-democracy Movement (aka Minchŏngryŏn) incident, in which the former was acquitted in 2015. He later served as the Presidential Secretary for Kim Dae-jung, as well as his aide. He is widely known as his last aide by serving the position till the death of the ex-President in 2009. Following the death of Kim, Choi has been working at Kim Dae-jung Peace Centre.

Choi was brought into the Democratic Unionist Party and launched his bid for Gwangju North 2nd constituency in 2012, but lost to Lim Nae-hyun during the preselection. In 2016, he joined the People's Party (PP)

Choi once helped the party's ex-President Ahn Cheol-soo, In August, he launched his bid for the party's presidency but came behind of Chung Dong-young and Yu Sung-yup, made him as one of the Vice Presidents. On 12 January 2020, he was elected as the newly-formed party's president.

Trivia Choi Gyung-hwan has the same name with the former Deputy Prime Minister Choi Kyoung-hwan, though both are not related. Nevertheless, the name brought confusions,

Election results General elections Year Constituency Political party Votes (%) Remarks 2016 Gwangju North 2nd PP 68,641 (55.29%) Won