Moon Kook-hyun

Moon Kook-hyun (, born 12 January 1949) is a South Korean politician who served as the leader of the Creative Korea Party. Before entering politics, he was a well-known business manager and civil environmental campaigner in South Korea.

Born in Seoul, Moon studied English language at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, graduating with a BA in 1972, then took a postgraduate course in Business Administration at the Seoul National University.

Business career Moon began his career at , a company manufacturing paper and woven fibre products. In 1983, he spent a year in the United States, taking some new management concepts. On his return, he developed the concept of "environmental management", focusing on digital printing technologies and the use of recycled paper.

In the election, Moon won 5.8% of the votes for fourth place. Moon is a Roman Catholic.

2008 legislative election On April 9, 2008, Moon beat the close confidante of Lee Myung-bak (president) Lee Jae-oh (GNP, Incumbent), by more than 11%. Although the harsh loss of South Korean liberal candidates especially in Seoul at this 2008 election, his campaign against 'the Grand Korean Canal' project boosted his popularity in his electoral division and across the nation. However, he lost his seat after a year (2009.10.22) due to his party members gaining profit illegally by confidential information. The court sentenced him 8 months. In the 2010 re-election for his empty seat, Lee Jae-oh easily regained his seat by 58.33%.