Kim Jin-pyo (politician)

Kim Jin-pyo (Korean: 김진표; Hanja: 金振杓; born 4 May 1947) is a South Korean politician who previously served as a government minister under two liberal Presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun and has represented Suwon at the National Assembly since 2004.

[2][3][4] After passing the state exam in 1974, he began his career as a public servant at one of regional offices of National Tax Service.

He was part of a small task-force to prepare "real-name financial system" and one of nine people apart from then-President Kim Young-sam who knew about this before it was announced by the president.

[5] Under President Kim Dae-jung, he led the Tax and Customs Office of the Ministry of Finance and Economy from 1991 and oversaw the implementation of newly-created "real-name real estate system.

[3] In 2002 then-President-elect Roh Moo-hyun appointed him as vice chair of his transition team[3] praising him as "the most capable public servant I have ever met.

[11] In 2017 Kim joined Moon Jae-in's second presidential campaign in 2017 as the chair of its jobs committee.

[12][13] Kim Jin-pyo was elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly to be occupied by the Democratic Party of Korea.

In the past, he made remarks such as, "The religious world should promote childbirth, oppose abortion, and campaign against homosexuality and same-sex marriage in accordance with God's spirit of creation.

He said at a religious event in the past, "I think that only through theocracy can we regain the trust of the people and play the role of check and balance as an opposition party.