Sohn Hak-kyu
Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote Template:BLP sources Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sohn Hak-kyu (Korean: Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler; born 22 November 1947) is a South Korean politician and former governor of Gyeonggi Province, the most populous province in Korea. He became a politician in 1996 as a congressman of the Grand National Party and governor of Gyeonggi-do in 2002. He was the leader of the liberal Democratic Party.[1] Sohn announced he was running in the 2022 presidential election as an independent candidate,[2] but subsequently withdrew his candidacy.[3]
A Kyunggi High School and Seoul National University graduate, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford.
His daughter, Sohn Won-pyung, is a novelist.
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- 1947 births
- Kyunggi High School alumni
- Seoul National University alumni
- Living people
- Liberty Korea Party politicians
- United New Democratic Party politicians
- Members of the National Assembly (South Korea)
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Academic staff of Sogang University
- Governors of Gyeonggi Province
- Health and welfare ministers of South Korea
- Miryang Son clan