Lee In-young

Lee In-young (, born 28 June 1964) is a South Korean activist and politician who served as the Minister of Unification from 2020 to 9 May 2022. Prior to this, he was the parliamentary leader of the Democratic Party from 2019 to 2020. He has been the Member of the National Assembly for Guro 1st constituency from 2004 to 2008 and since 2012. Before entering to politics, he was the 1st President of the Association of National University Student Representatives, an anti-establishment student organisation.

Early life Lee was born in Chungju, North Chungcheong in 1964. Instead, he became one of the Vice Presidents. He was re-elected in 2016 election. The Better Future within the party. On 8 May, he gained 54 votes and defeated Kim Tae-nyeon who gained 37 votes and Roh Woong-rae gained 34 votes in the first round. following the resignation of Kim Yeon-chul due to North Korea's destruction of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office in June. He was officially appointed to the position on 27 July.

Political views Ideologically, Lee is regarded as a left-wing in Democrats. Lee replied: "Then should the Democratic Party be a conservative party?" Lee mentioned by providing an example of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MoLIT) Kim Hyun-mee, which is that "they do weird things if there's no Minister". His remark was soon condemned by the trade union of the MoLIT, opposition politicians i.e. Jun Hee-kyung of the Liberty Korea Party (LKP), Lee Jong-chul of the Bareunmirae Party, Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon also criticised the remark.

Election results Year Elections Constituency Political party Votes (%) Remarks 2000 16th National Assembly General Election Guro A (Seoul) MDP 41,432 (47.3%) Defeated 2004 17th National Assembly General Election Guro A (Seoul) Uri 48,970 (44.73%) Won 2008 18th National Assembly General Election Guro A (Seoul) UDP 38,878 (45.40%) Defeated 2012 19th National Assembly General Election Guro A (Seoul) DUP 58,381 (52.22%) Won 2016 20th National Assembly General Election Guro A (Seoul) Democratic 64,063 (52.30%) Won 2020 21st National Assembly General Election Guro A (Seoul) Democratic 75,865 (53.92%) Won 2024 22nd National Assembly General Election Guro A (Seoul) Democratic 80,182 (55.74%) Won