Chung Ui-hwa

Grand National Party Chung Ui-hwa (Korean: 정의화; Hanja: 鄭義和; born 18 December 1948) is a South Korean doctor and politician who served as Speaker of the National Assembly from 2014 to 2016.

Chung became a politician in 1996 when he ran in the 1996 South Korean legislative election for the Busan Jung-gu · Dong-gu electoral district and won with 41.6% of the vote.

He continuously won the Busan Jung-gu · Dong-gu electoral district until 2012.

[1] Chung was pro-Lee Myung-bak during the 2007 South Korean presidential election.

[3] Since then, Chung has been an Independent and critical of the pro-Park Geun-hye faction of the Liberty Korea Party.