Jeong Daecheol

Politician of South Korea . Independence activist -turned-politician Jeong Il-hyung and Korea's first female lawyer He is the son of Lee Tae-young .

Since his 30s, he has lived as a politician of the Democratic Party following his father, and he has been involved with DJs since childhood .[7] He served as his senior and political mentor.

Gyeonggi-do, January 4, 1944 Gyeongseongbu Jung-gu Meiji-cho (currently Seoul Metropolitan City) Jung-gu He was born in Myeongdong . At the time, Jeong Il-hyung was imprisoned in Pyongyang Prison, and Lee Tae-young made a living by running a bedding shop. It is said that Jeong Dae-cheol's belly button is large because his aunt cut the umbilical cord with her teeth .

Gyeonggi High School (58th)[8][9] , graduated from Seoul National University Law School and the same university's graduate school of law. At the time, he became close with Kim Dae-jung , who frequently visited Jeong Il-hyung 's house.

His father, Jeong Il- hyeong, was implicated in the March 1st Democratic Salvation Declaration Incident and lost his seat in the National Assembly by a Supreme Court ruling in 1977. As a result, the Seoul Metropolitan Government held a special election in June of that year. Jongno-gu - Jung-gu He ran as an independent candidate in the by-election and was elected. In 1978, he joined the New Democratic Party and ran in the same district in the 10th National Assembly election . He was a member of the Democratic Republican Party. He was elected along with Min Gwan-sik. He belonged to Jo Yoon-hyung 's Jaju Club lineage, and in May 1979, he joined the New Democratic Party . Supported Kim Young-sam in the second round of voting at the party convention .

After the May 17 Civil War in 1980 , political restrictions were imposed by the new military government, and in 1982, the U.S. He went to study abroad at the University of Missouri . After returning to Korea , he ran for the Jongno-gu-Jung-gu constituency in Seoul as a candidate for the Democratic Korea Party in the 12th National Assembly election in 1985, but was rejected by the Democratic Justice Party. Jongchan Lee , New Korea Democratic Party He was defeated by Lee Min-woo .

He served as a spokesperson for the Peace Democratic Party during the 13th presidential election in 1987 . However, right after the presidential election, he caused a stir by publishing an article titled 'My Opinion' pointing out that the main reason for the opposition party's defeat was the failure to unify candidates . In the 13th National Assembly election in 1988, he ran for the Jung-gu constituency in Seoul as a candidate for the Peace Democratic Party and was elected. In the same year, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Policy Committee of the Peace and Democratic Party , and was again elected as the Chairman of the Culture and Public Relations Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea . As chairman of the Culture and Public Information Committee, he worked to uncover the truth about the media merger and dismissal of journalists in 1980 through the Fifth Public Hearing .

In 1990, when the Democratic Liberal Party , a huge ruling party , was created through a three-party merger , he advocated a merger with the Little Democratic Party . After the crushing defeat in the 1991 local council elections, he led the 'Political Development Research Association (abbreviated as Jeongbalyeon)', which called for the resignation of President Kim Dae-jung after his second term and the unification of the opposition parties , along with Noh Seung-hwan and Cho Yoon- hyung. In the 1992 14th National Assembly election, he ran as the Democratic Party candidate in Jung -gu, Seoul and was elected, and in the same year , he was elected as a member of the Democratic Party's Supreme Council at the party convention .

In 1995, when Kim Dae-jung returned to politics and founded the New Politics National Congress, he joined. Then, in the 15th National Assembly election in 1996 , he ran in the same district as a candidate for the New Politics National Congress, but was rejected by the New Korea Party . He lost to Park Sung- beom. He also ran in the New Politics National Congress presidential candidate selection convention (primary) ahead of the 15th presidential election in 1997. At the time, he formed an alliance with Kim Sang -hyun and sang, "Jeong Dae-cheol as president, Kim Sang-hyun as chairman."[10] There is an anecdote that he did so. He took office as the KBO Commissioner in 1998, but soon resigned after being arrested and indicted for the security bribery incident.[11]

In the 16th National Assembly election in 2000, he ran for office in the same district as a candidate for the New Millennium Democratic Party and was elected, and was re-elected as a member of the Supreme Council at the national convention in August of the same year. He supported Roh Moo- hyun in the New Millennium Democratic Party presidential candidate primary held ahead of the 16th presidential election in 2002 , and served as chairman of the election campaign committee in the presidential election. After winning the presidential election , he was elected as a member of the Supreme Council of the New Millennium Democratic Party in 2003 . As a representative, he coordinated the new and old sides in an attempt to prevent the division, but instead, he was pushed out as a traitor by the Donggyo-dong faction and joined the Uri Party during the Uri Party division at the end of that year. Afterwards, his involvement in the Good Morning City Gate was revealed , and his five-year prison sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court in February 2005 . He received a special pardon on Liberation Day in August 2005, but this incident led to his estrangement from the pro-Roh faction.

After that, he passed the district to his eldest son, Jeong Ho-jun , and served as a senior advisor to the Democratic Party , the Democratic United Party , the New Politics Alliance for Democracy , and the Democratic Party of Korea. He left the party in January 2016 and declared his support for the People's Party led by Ahn Cheol-soo . However, the son remained in the Democratic Party of Korea while criticizing his father, but eventually went to the People's Party after being eliminated from the nomination .

Afterwards, he opposed the merger with the Bareun Party and was listed as one of the founders of the Party for Democracy and Peace . As the conflict between the party faction led by Chung Dong-young and the non-party faction centered on Park Jie-won intensified within the Party for Democracy and Peace, efforts were made to achieve harmony within the party, such as presenting an advisory group mediation plan, but as it showed no signs of resolution, he eventually left the party along with Kwon Roh-gap and others on September 20, 2019.

On April 3, 2020, he declared reinstatement to the Democratic Party of Korea together with Donggyo- dong figures , but reinstatement was denied. Rumors of reinstatement also circulated around October, but were rejected, saying, "Please help from outside." # In March 2021, as it was reported that former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol met with influential former Democratic Party politicians and received advice before resigning from his position, there was speculation that he was supporting former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol 's advancement into politics behind the scenes . # On January 13, 2022 , at the request of presidential candidate Lee Jae -myung, he joined the Democratic Party of Korea . At the reinstatement ceremony with former lawmaker Noh-gap Kwon and others , he said, “I will work hard to recreate candidate Lee Jae-myung ’s regime.” #

In 2023, he was elected as president of the Korean Constitutional Association, a group of former National Assembly members . It is said that this is the first time in the history of the Constitutional Council that a person with Democratic leanings has been elected.[12] # . Although it was a relatively advantageous structure as conservative figures were divided, considering that he was elected with more than a majority, it cannot be said that he was elected simply because of the structure.

Later, for the inauguration of the constitutional chairman, the Constitutional Chairman left the Democratic Party due to the principle of preventing the party . Since the 12.3 emergency martial arts, Lee has been highly appreciated by Lee's amendment, demanding a quick amendment, but he also showed a midway move by supporting Han Duk -soo 's candidacy.