Oh Shin-hwan

Oh Shin-hwan (, born 7 February 1971) is a South Korean former actor and conservative politician. Starting his career as an obscure actor in 1990s, he was elected as a Member of National Assembly for Gwanak B constituency at the 2015 by-election, making him as the first conservative MP of the liberal-leaning constituency since its creation in 1988.

He attended to Danggok Primary School Following the graduation, he studied civil engineering at Konkuk University but dropped out. He graduated from K-ARTS in 1998 along with several notable actors, such as Jang Dong-gun and Lee Sun-kyun. After his admission to K-ARTS in 1994, he continued his acting in Marionette Show , The Story of Park Ki-hong , Mud and so on. and A Woman Off Her Uniform . In 2012, he was the Saenuri's MP candidate for Gwanak 2nd constituency but defeated by the opposition alliance (DUP-UPP) candidate Lee Sang-kyu. Following the defeat, he worked for Park Geun-hye, the Saenuri's presidential candidate who won in the same year, as well as the party's youth wing. which brought a by-election in 2015. Oh won the Saenuri preselection, defeating the former candidate Kim Cheol-soo. On 29 April, he gained 43.89% and defeated Chung Tae-ho (NPAD) and Chung Dong-young (Independent). The result became a sensation, as the constituency was known as liberal-leaning where conservatives did not win since the creation in 1988. Nevertheless, some analyses showed that he could lose if non-conservatives put a unity candidate. He was then appointed as the party's deputy parliamentary leader, but left the party after the political scandal in October. He then joined Bareun Party, the splinter group formed by Saenuri's dissidents. On 22 December 2017, he was elected as the party's parliamentary leader and held the position till the party was merged into Bareunmirae Party in 2018.

After Sohn Hak-kyu was elected as the Bareunmirae's President, Oh was appointed as the Secretary-General. Soon, the party was split due to the conflicts regarding the electoral reform and the installation of the Office of Crime Investigation for Senior Public Officials. This occurred the resignation of Kim Kwan-young, the party's parliamentary leader who faced public criticisms. Oh succeeded the position on 15 May,

Following the long conflicts with Sohn, Oh joined the party's dissident group, Emergency Action for Change and Innovation (later New Conservative Party), led by the party's ex-co-President Yoo Seong-min. However, Yoo stood down as the group leader due to the controversy, made Oh to replace the presidency. All group members were later suspended from the party, as well as Oh, who was also sacked from the parliamentary leader.

In 2023, under mayor Oh Se-hoon, Oh was appointed Seoul's Deputy Mayor for Political Affairs. He later resigned on 16 May, to prepare for the upcoming National Assembly elections in 2024.

Controversy During the 2015 by-election, it was reported that Oh's master's degree from Korea University was revoked due to the thesis plagiarism, which he forgot to write the references. He mentioned that his degree was not revoked; he voluntarily returned it for parliamentary career. He is a Protestant.

Filmography Theatre Ride Together (1991) Marionette Show The Story of Park Ki-hong Mud Kiss (1998)

Film Yellow Flower (1998) A Woman Off Her Uniform (2001)

Entertainment Children, The Life's Greatest Blessing (2015)

Election results General elections Year Elections Constituency Political party Votes (%) Remarks 2012 19th National Assembly General Election Gwanak B (Seoul) Saenuri 37,559 (33.28%) Defeated 2015 2015 By-election Gwanak B (Seoul) Saenuri 33,913 (43.89%) Won 2016 20th National Assembly General Election Gwanak B (Seoul) Saenuri 45,454 (37.05%) Won 2020 21st National Assembly General Election Gwanak B (Seoul) UFP 56,130 (41.71%) Defeated 2024 22nd National Assembly General Election Gwangjin B (Seoul) PPP 49,347 (47.60%) Defeated

Local elections Seoul Metropolitan Council Year Elections Constituency Political party Votes (%) Remarks 2006 4th Iocal Election Gwanak 1st GNP 21,656 (43.75%) Won

Mayor of Gwanak Year Elections Constituency Political party Votes (%) Remarks 2010 5th Iocal Election Gwanak(Mayoral Elections) GNP 82,899 (35.29%) Defeated