Yang Seung-jo

Yang Seung-jo (; born 21 March 1959) is a South Korean lawyer and politician who served as the governor of South Chungcheong Province from 2018 to 2022.

Early life Yang Seung-jo was born in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province to a Confucian scholar, Yang Tae-seok and his mother, Lee Jong-ki.

He passed the 37th judicial examination in 1995, completed 27 training courses and worked as a lawyer.

Political career In 2004, Yang Seung-jo ran for a Member of the National Assembly in Cheonan and he won the election. He served as the chief of staff for Chairman of the Democratic Party Sohn Hak-kyu and served as the head of the election campaign committee for Sohn Hak-kyu during the 2012 Democratic Party presidential primary. And he became a member of the Supreme council of the Democratic Party in May 2013.

Yang was elected governor of South Chungcheong Province in the 2018 local elections.

Election results General elections Year Elections Constituency Political party Votes (%) Results 2004 17th National Assembly General Election Cheonan A (South Chungcheong) Uri 38,675 (45.33%) Won 2008 18th National Assembly General Election Cheonan A (South Chungcheong) UDP 28,774 (38.26%) Won 2012 19th National Assembly General Election Cheonan A (South Chungcheong) DUP 57,810 (51.83%) Won 2016 20th National Assembly General Election Cheonan C (South Chungcheong) Democratic 38,358 (49.67%) Won 2024 22nd National Assembly General Election Hoengseong–Yesan (South Chungcheong) Democratic 46,972 (45.15%) Defeated

Local elections Governor of South Chungcheong Year Elections Constituency Political party Votes (%) Remarks 2018 7th Iocal Election South Chungcheong(Governoral Elections) Democratic 615,870 (62.55%) Won 2022 8th Iocal Election South Chungcheong(Governoral Elections) Democratic 401,308 (46.12%) Defeated