Jeon Yeo-ok

Jeon Yeo-ok (Korean: 전여옥; born April 9, 1959) is a conservative female South Korean politician who came from a journalist background.

Of a pro-Lee Myung-bak background, she was known for expressing discontent against Park Geun-hye who regained control of the Saenuri Party (formally the Grand National Party).

[1] Until then, she was considered as the main rival of Park Geun-hye.

[2] Jeon was accused of academic elitism, as she opposed the nomination of the former president Roh Moo-hyun because he did not graduate from a higher level institution.

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