Park Byeong-seug

Park Byeong-seug (; born 25 January 1952) is a South Korean politician and former broadcaster. He has been the Member of the National Assembly for Daejon Seo A constituency since 2000. He used to be the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly (2012–2014) and the Deputy Mayor for Political Affairs of Seoul (1999–2000).

Early life and education Park Byeong-seug was born in Daejeon, South Chungcheong (now separated from the province) in 1952. He graduated from Sungkyunkwan University with a Bachelor in Law.

Prior to the 1997 presidential election, Park joined the National Congress for New Politics (NCNP) instead of the Alliance of Liberal Democrats (ALDE) despite the strong support for the ALDE in his region. In 1999, he was appointed the Deputy Mayor for Political Affairs of Seoul by the then Mayor Goh Kun, following the resignation of Shin Kye-ryoon in order to run for the upcoming general election. He resigned in 2000 to run for the general election in April.

Park has been the Member of the National Assembly for Daejeon West 1st constituency since 2000. On 4 June 2012, following the 2012 election, he contested the DUP preselection for the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and defeated Lee Seok-hyun with a margin 86–41. He was elected to the position on 2 July. In 2018, he unsuccessfully ran again for the position, defeated by Moon Hee-sang with a margin 67–47. After the outright victory of the Democratic Party in 2020 election, he automatically became the sole 6-term MP, in which he was widely expected to be the Speaker without any preselections. On 25 May, he was confirmed as the Speaker by the Democratic Party. On 5 June, he was officially inaugurated as the new Speaker.

Personal life Park married to Han Myung-hui and has 2 sons.

Election results Year Elections Constituency Political party Votes (%) Remarks 2000 16th National Assembly General Election Daejeon Seo A Millennium Democratic 28,538 (37.45%) Won 2004 17th National Assembly General Election Daejeon Seo A Uri 49,194 (51.75%) Won 2008 18th National Assembly General Election Daejeon Seo A United Democratic 32,626 (41.29%) Won 2012 19th National Assembly General Election Daejeon Seo A Democratic United 53,671 (54.53%) Won 2016 20th National Assembly General Election Daejeon Seo A Democratic 56,241 (48.66%) Won 2020 21st National Assembly General Election Daejeon Seo A Democratic 74,978 (55.58%) Won