Kang Gi-yun

Member of the National AssemblyAssumed office
30 May 2020Preceded byYeo Yeong-gugConstituencySeongsan, ChangwonIn office
30 May 2012 – 29 May 2016Preceded byKwon Young-ghilSucceeded byRoh Hoe-chanConstituencySeongsan, Changwon Personal detailsBorn (1960-06-04) 4 June 1960 (age 64)
Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, South KoreaPolitical partyPeople PowerAlma materChangwon National UniversityKorean nameHangulHanjaRevised RomanizationGang GiyunMcCune–ReischauerKang Kiyun

Kang Gi-yun (Korean: 강기윤; Hanja: 姜起潤; born 4 June 1960) is a South Korean politician who is member of the National Assembly. He was a member of the South Gyeongsang Provincial Council from 2002 to 2007.^[1][2]

Kang Gi-yun was born on 4 June 1960 in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province. He served as CEO of a metal industry company and also worked as a civil servant in Changwon City Government and South Gyeongsang Provincial Government.

Later, he joined the Grand National Party and won the 2002 local elections as a member of the South Gyeongsang Provincial Council. He ran in the Changwon B in the 2008 legislative election, but was defeated by Kwon Young-ghil of the Democratic Labor Party. Then he ran again for the next election and won the election for the first time. He ran for re-election in the 2016 legislative election, but was defeated by Roh Hoe-chan of the Justice Party. In July 2018, the death of Roh Hoe-chan led to by-election in Seongsan District, Changwon, where he ran again.^[3]

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