Yang Hyang-ja
Yang Hyang-ja | |
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양향자 | |
.jpg?lang=simple) Yang in 2025 | |
| President of National Human Resource Management Institute | |
| In office 31 August 2018 – 1 August 2019 | |
| President | Moon Jae-in |
| Prime Minister | Lee Nak-yeon |
| Preceded by | Oh Dong-ho |
| Succeeded by | Park Chun-ran |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 30 May 2020 – 10 April 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Chun Jung-bae |
| Succeeded by | Lee Sang-sik |
| Constituency | Gwangju Seo B |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 April 1967 Hwasun County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea |
| Political party | PPP (since 2025) |
| Other political affiliations | DPK (2016–2021) Independent (2021–2023) HoK (2023–2024) RP (2024–2025) |
| Alma mater | Cyber University of Korea Sungkyunkwan University |
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Yang Hyang-ja (Hangul: 양향자; Hanja: 梁香子; born 4 April 1967) is a South Korean politician and former Samsung executive. She represented Gwangju at the National Assembly between 2020 and 2024. She was a former member of the Democratic Party. She founded the Hope of Korea party in 2023.
Yang was the president of the National Human Resource Management Institute (NHI) within the Ministry of Personnel Management under President Moon Jae-in from 2018 to 2019. She was the first woman to lead the Institute since the position was founded in the 1960s.[1]
Yang was an unsuccessful candidate for President of South Korea in the 2025 snap presidential election.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 역대원장 [List of President of the Institute] (in Korean).
- ↑ Jung, Min-kyung. "Four presidential contenders to advance to next round of PPP primary". Korea Herald. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
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