Kim Jin-tae (politician)

Kim Jin-tae
Kim Jin-tae
金鎭台
Governor of Gangwon State
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 July 2022
Preceded by	Choi Moon-soon
Member of the National Assembly
	In office ; 30 May 2012 ? 29 May 2020
Preceded by	Heo Cheon
Constituency	Chuncheon
Personal details
Born	13 October 1964 (age 59) ; Chuncheon , Gangwon Province , South Korea
Political party	People Power
Spouse	Won Hyun-soon
Alma mater	Seoul National University
Occupation	Prosecutor ; Lawyer
Signature
Website	www.kimjintae.co.kr
Korean name
Hangul	金鎭台
Hanja	金鎭台
Revised Romanization	Gim Jintae
McCune?Reischauer	Kim Chint'ae

Kim Jin-tae ( Korean : 金鎭台 ; Hanja : 金鎭台 ; born 13 October 1964) is a politician who is the Governor of Gangwon State . He previously was a prosecutor . He was a member of the National Assembly from 2012 to 2020. ^[1]

Early life [ edit ]

Kim Jin-tae was born on 13 October 1964 in Chuncheon , Gangwon Province . He entered Seoul National University School of Law in 1983.

Early career [ edit ]

Kim passed the 28th judicial examination in 1986. He was after completing the 18th Judicial Research and Training Institute and commissioned as a prosecutor in 1992, he served as the director of the planning department of the Judicial Research and Training Institute and the director of the Organized Crime Division of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office. In 2009, he ended his official career as the chief of the Wonju Public Prosecutor's Office, and opened up as a lawyer in Wonju . ^[2]

Political career [ edit ]

Kim was nominated by the Saenuri Party in the 2012 legislative election and was elected in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province. In February 2016, he announced his candidacy for the 2016 legislative election and won the nomination of the Saenuri Party to win re-election by defeating the Democratic Party candidate Heo Young. ^[3]

On 14 March 2017, he announced that he would run for presidential election . However, he was defeated by Hong Jun-pyo in the Liberty Korea Party presidential primary. ^[4]

References [ edit ]

^ Won, Hee-bok (4 March 2017). "[원희복의 人物探究]金鎭台議員, 너무 튕겨난 現實主義者" . Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean) . Retrieved 31 March 2017 .
^ "Who Is? 金鎭台自由韓國黨議員 비즈니스포스트" (in Korean). 27 March 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017 . Retrieved 15 February 2019 .
^ "[當選者]'保守의 아이콘' 金鎭台春川再選成功" . News 1 (뉴스1) (in Korean). 14 April 2016 . Retrieved 31 March 2017 .
^ " '가자! 愛國保守與' 金鎭台, 文在寅에 大權挑戰狀 뉴데일리" (in Korean). 14 March 2017.

External links [ edit ]

Official website

[1] Won, Hee-bok (4 March 2017). "[원희복의 人物探究]金鎭台議員, 너무 튕겨난 現實主義者" . Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean) . Retrieved 31 March 2017 .

[2] "Who Is? 金鎭台自由韓國黨議員 비즈니스포스트" (in Korean). 27 March 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017 . Retrieved 15 February 2019 .

[3] "[當選者]'保守의 아이콘' 金鎭台春川再選成功" . News 1 (뉴스1) (in Korean). 14 April 2016 . Retrieved 31 March 2017 .

[4] " '가자! 愛國保守與' 金鎭台, 文在寅에 大權挑戰狀 뉴데일리" (in Korean). 14 March 2017.

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