About Nam Kyung-pil
Born 1965. Nam Kyung-pil is a South Korean politician.
Nam Kyung-pil (; born 20 January 1965) is a South Korean politician who served as the 34th governor of Gyeonggi Province from 2014 to 2018. Before his election, he had been a member of the National Assembly since 1998, representing Paldal District. In 2016, he left the Saenuri Party because of President Park Geun-hye's scandal. He helped establish the new Bareun Party with other conservative politicians who left Saenuri.
National Assembly On 21 July 1998, there was a by-election in Paldal District to replace former member, who was also his father, Nam Pyeong-woo, who died on 13 March 1998. Nam won the by-election with 21,356 votes. He had represented Paldal District until 15 May 2014, weeks before the gubernatorial election.
2017 presidential election On 25 January 2017, Nam declared that he would run for the president of South Korea in 2017. Nam's major commitment was to change South Korea's military conscription service to volunteer military system. He was defeated in his party's primary by his sole opponent, Yoo Seong-min MP.
Election results General elections Year Elections Constituency Political party Votes (%) Results 1998 July 1998 By-election Suwon Paldal (Gyeonggi) GNP 19,112 (44.28%) Won 2000 16th National Assembly General Election Suwon Paldal (Gyeonggi) GNP 51,893 (48.93%) Won 2004 17th National Assembly General Election Suwon Paldal (Gyeonggi) GNP 44,287 (49.01%) Won 2008 18th National Assembly General Election Suwon Paldal (Gyeonggi) GNP 41,025 (64.08%) Won 2012 19th National Assembly General Election Suwon C (Gyeonggi) Saenuri 50,011 (50.34%) Won
Local elections Governor of Gyeonggi Year Elections Constituency Political party Votes (%) Remarks 2014 6th Iocal Election Gyeonggi(Governoral Elections) Saenuri 2,524,981 (50.43%) Won 2018 7th Iocal Election Gyeonggi(Governoral Elections) LKP 2,122,433 (35.51%) Defeated
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Nam Kyung-pil was born on 20 January 1965 in Yongin.
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