Lee Un-ju

Lee Un-ju (; born 8 November 1972) is a South Korean lawyer and politician who served as the Member of the National Assembly for Gwangmyeong 2nd constituency from 2012 to 2020. She formerly served as the deputy parliamentary leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in 2012 and the People's Party in 2017. Lee grew up in Singapore. She has a degree in French at Seoul National University, She was nominated as an MP candidate for Gwangmyeong 2nd constituency, and defeated the incumbent Chun Jae-hui of the Saenuri Party. On 6 April, she shifted to the People's Party and endorsed its candidate, Ahn Cheol-soo.

On 23 April 2019, Lee left Bareunmirae.

In the 2020 election, Lee was nominated as the United Future candidate for Busan South 2nd constituency. However, she lost to the Democratic candidate and incumbent MP Park Jae-ho.

2021 Busan mayoral election

The resignation of the Mayor of Busan Oh Keo-don on 23 April 2020 following the allegations of sexual harassment has provoked the by-election in 2021.

On 17 December 2020, Lee announced her intention to run for the Busan mayorship at Convention Hall of Busan Exhibition and Convention Centre (BEXCO). She cited a sexual harassment controversy related to the former Mayor Oh and indicated that the by-elections must be the "base" of the regime change.

Public orientation Formerly, Lee positioned herself as a centrist. She is now considered part of the Korean far-right, supporting a market economy, However, she considers herself as centre-right liberal. and stated that "the US is enjoying prosperity due to capitalism".

Lee was widely criticised after she called school canteen cooks as "cooking moms". She gave birth to a son in 2009.

Election results General elections Year Election Constituency Political party Votes (%) Remarks 2012 19th National Assembly General Election Gwangmyeong B (Gyeonggi) DUP 43,441 (50.09%) Won 2016 20th National Assembly General Election Gwangmyeong B (Gyeonggi) Democratic 50,195 (52.18%) Won 2020 21st National Assembly General Election Nam B (Busan) UFP 39,575 (48.74%) Defeated 2024 22nd National Assembly General Election Yongin D (Gyeonggi) Democratic 82,156 (51.06%) Won