Ha Tae-keung

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Ha Tae-keung
MP
河泰慶
Ha in 2020
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2016
Preceded by Position established
Constituency Busan Haeundae District 1st
In office
30 May 2012 ? 29 May 2016
Preceded by Ahn Kyung-ryul
Succeeded by Position abolished
Constituency Busan Haeundae District & Gijang County 2nd
President of the New Conservative Party
In office
5 January 2020 ? 17 February 2020
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Position abolished
Personal details
Born ( 1968-04-26 ) 26 April 1968 (age 56)
East District , Busan , South Korea
Citizenship South Korean
Political party United Future/People Power (2020-present)
Other political
affiliations 		Grand National (2011-2012)
Saenuri (2012-2016)
Bareun (2017-2018)
Bareunmirae (2018-2020)
New Conservative (2020)
Alma mater Jilin University
Occupation Activist, politician
Signature

Ha Tae-keung ( Korean :  河泰慶 , born 26 April 1968) is South Korean activist and politician who is currently a member of National Assembly representing the 1st constituency of Haeundae District in Busan . [1] [2] He has served as Vice President of the Bareun Party , [1] [2] a Vice President of the Bareunmirae Party , and one of the co-Presidents of the New Conservative Party . [3]

Biography [ edit ]

Ha Tae-keung was born in Busan in 1968. [1] During the military dictatorship of Chun Doo-hwan , Ha was a pro-democracy activist. [2] During the early 1990s, he was a member of the National University Students Association (NUSA), [1] which also included members Lim Soo-kyung and Im Jong-seok . Ha was detained in 1991 on charges of breaching the National Security Act . [4] [2] He returned to his activist career after released in 1993. [5]

During the 2000s, Ha was interested in North Korean human rights, which he often did activism for. [6] [1] [2] In 2011, Ha received Human Rights Award of Korea .

Political career [ edit ]

In 2011, Ha joined the conservative Grand National Party (GNP), [6] and was elected as a National Assembly representative for the party, then known as the Saenuri Party, in the 2012 South Korean legislative election . [1] [2] He was re-elected in 2016 . [1] [2]

During the political scandal in 2016 , Ha left the Saenuri Party and became one of the founders of the Bareun Party along with other defectors from the Saenuri Party. [1] He ran for president of the Bareun Party in May 2017, but lost to Lee Hye-hoon . Instead, he was elected to the vice presidency. After Kim Se-yeon left the party, Ha became the party's sole Busan MP. [7]

In 2018, the Bareun Party merged with the People Party to become the Bareunmirae Party . Ha ran for president of the Bareunmirae Party during the September 2018 leadership election , [8] coming in 2nd place and losing to Sohn Hak-kyu . Ha instead became one of several Vice Presidents of the Bareunmirae Party. [9] [1] [2]

On 5 January 2020, Ha joined seven other representatives in defecting from the Bareunmirae Party to join the New Conservative Party . Upon his defection, Ha became one of the co-Presidents of the New Conservative Party until dissolved upon its unification with the Liberty Korea Party to form the United Future Party on 17 February 2020.

In 2020, Ha was re-elected as representative of the 1st constituency of Haeundae District in Busan , as a member of the United Future Party . The party changed its name to the People Power Party later in 2020.

On 11 June 2021, Ha announced his candidacy in the 2022 South Korean presidential election as a member of the People Power Party. [10]

Political positions [ edit ]

Ha is politically " centre-right " [11] who opposes extremist politics of both the far-left and the far-right . After the 2017 presidential election , he spoke in favor of the dissolving the "far-right" Liberty Korea Party (LKP) a similar manner to the 2014 banning of the "far-left" Unified Progressive Party (UPP). [12] Ha also condemned Bareun Party representatives who returned to the LKP.

Ha is an opponent of anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea , and criticized the anti-Japanese 2019 boycott of Japanese products in South Korea . [13]

Ha has received criticism for actions and remarks appearing to be populist , [14] such as remarks made in 2014 defending Ilbe Storehouse . [15]

Election results [ edit ]

General elections [ edit ]

Year Constituency Political party Votes (%) Result
2012 Haeundae District & Gijang County 2nd Saenuri 44.80% Won
2016 Haeundae District 1st Saenuri 51.75% Won
2020 Haeundae District 1st United Future 59.47% Won

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "[프로필] 河泰慶 바른未來 最高委員…'사이다 政治' 再選" . 2 September 2018 . Retrieved 7 August 2019 .
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "[바른未來 最高委員 프로필] '唯一한 PK' 河泰慶, 最高委員만 네 番째" . 2 September 2018 . Retrieved 7 August 2019 .
  3. ^ 이, 才傑. "[21代 國會를 이끄는 사람들 | 未來統合黨 河泰慶 當選人(釜山 海雲臺甲)] "不公正 打破로 世代 壁 허물어야" " . Naeil Shinmun . Retrieved 2020-05-31 .
  4. ^ "[候補 分析] 6名 中 1名 軍 未畢..새누리 '疾病'-民主 '受刑' " . 23 March 2012 . Retrieved 7 August 2019 .
  5. ^ "새누리당은 從北뻐꾸기 河泰慶 議員을 卽刻 除名하라!" . 15 July 2013 . Retrieved 7 August 2019 .
  6. ^ a b "N. Korean rights activist to run for Assembly" . 25 January 2012 . Retrieved 7 August 2019 .
  7. ^ "하태경, 金世淵 脫黨에 "제가 PK 唯一 바른政黨 議員…마지막 自尊心 지킬 것" " . 9 January 2018 . Retrieved 7 August 2019 .
  8. ^ "바른未來黨 全黨大會 現役 出馬 러시… 손학규는 8日 出馬宣言" . 7 August 2019 . Retrieved 7 August 2019 .
  9. ^ "바른未來黨, 全黨大會…孫鶴圭 新任 代表 選出" . 2 September 2018 . Retrieved 7 August 2019 .
  10. ^ Park, Jin-hyeong (June 11, 2021). " '李俊錫 烈風' 속 大權挑戰 河泰慶… "젊은 사람 勇氣 必要해" " . Gyeonggi Shinmun . Retrieved 6 August 2021 .
  11. ^ "From Prison to the President's Office: A Former Radical Helps Shape Korean Detente" . 23 April 2018 . Retrieved 7 August 2019 .
  12. ^ "바른政黨 討論會서 "종北몰이는 極右"…韓國黨 解散 主張도" . 9 July 2017 . Retrieved 7 August 2019 .
  13. ^ "鳴動에 'No Japan'…河泰慶·이언주 "商人 죽일 셈이냐" " . 6 August 2019 . Retrieved 6 August 2019 .
  14. ^ Lee Hyung-Min (23 January 2019). "하태경 "이 時代의 弱者는 20·30 男…女性優待 法 손볼 것" " . Kukmin Ilbo . Retrieved 13 December 2019 .
  15. ^ Digital News Team (9 September 2014). "하태경 "日베 等 20代 右派들은 아직은 希望이 있다" " . 京鄕新聞 . Retrieved 13 December 2019 .

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