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Chung Sye-kyun was born on 5 November, 1950 in Jinan, North Jeolla, South Korea, is a Prime Minister of South Korea from 2020 to 2021. Discover Chung Sye-kyun's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

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Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 5 November 1950
Birthday 5 November
Birthplace Jinan, North Jeolla, South Korea
Nationality North

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Chung Sye-kyun Height, Weight & Measurements

At 73 years old, Chung Sye-kyun height is 5′ 6″ .

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Height 5′ 6″
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Who Is Chung Sye-kyun's Wife?

His wife is Choi Hye-kyung (최혜경)

Family
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Wife Choi Hye-kyung (최혜경)
Sibling Not Available
Children Chung Joon-won, Chung Yoo-sun

Chung Sye-kyun Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Chung Sye-kyun worth at the age of 73 years old? Chung Sye-kyun’s income source is mostly from being a successful Former. He is from North. We have estimated Chung Sye-kyun's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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Source of Income Former

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1950

Chung Sye-kyun (born 5 November 1950 ) is a South Korean politician who has served as Speaker of the National Assembly from 2016 to 2018 and Prime Minister of South Korea from 2020 to 2021.

1966

From 1966 to 1969 he studied at in Jeonju, where he was a student reporter and served as chairman of the student council.

1974

As an undergraduate he studied law at Korea University, and became chairman of the student union there, graduating in 1974.

He was nominated as an alternate for a U.S. Asia-Pacific student leadership project in that year.

1983

He received a master's degree from the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University in 1983, an MBA from Pepperdine University in 1993, and a doctorate from Kyung Hee University in 2000.

1996

Chung entered the National Assembly in the 1996 parliamentary election as a member of the main liberal opposition National Congress for New Politics, representing his home county of Jinan, North Jeolla, in the Jinan–Muju–Jangsu constituency.

2006

President Roh Moo-hyun appointed Chung the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy at the start of 2006.

As minister, Chung received U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman in Seoul, and participated in the Five-Party Energy Ministerial held in Beijing on 16 December 2006, promoting energy efficiency and the development of clean energy technologies.

2008

He was previously leader of the main opposition Democratic Party between 2008 and 2010, and twice chairman of its predecessor, the Uri Party, first on an interim basis from October 2005 to January 2006 and then fully from February 2007 until the Uri Party's dissolution in August of that year.

At the Democratic Party national convention on 6 July 2008, Chung was elected leader of the party, defeating Choo Mi-ae, his closest competitor.

2009

In July 2009, Chung went on a six-day hunger strike to protest a series of media laws passed by the ruling Grand National Party.

He resigned his assembly seat on 24 July alongside Chun Jung-bae, labeling the bills invalid and stating that passing legislation through "illegal voting and violence cannot be justified".

Some 70 Democratic lawmakers also handed letters of resignation to Chung, and Chung announced that the party would begin a hundred-day campaign in the streets against the laws.

Chung and his fellow party members returned to the assembly on 27 August after a month of protests.

2010

Chung faced calls to resign as party leader after the Democratic Party underperformed in the 2010 by-elections, losing five of the eight seats being contested.

He accepted the demands and resigned alongside the rest of the party leadership on 2 August taking responsibility for the defeat.

2012

In the 2012 parliamentary election, Chung moved from Jeolla to Seoul to contest Jongno, an important constituency encompassing the Dongdaemun and the presidential residence at the Blue House.

He defeated his Saenuri Party competitor Hong Sa-duk, a six-term assemblyman and leading supporter of Park Geun-hye.

2016

On 9 June 2016, he was elected to a two-year term as the Speaker of the National Assembly.

Upon becoming the Speaker, following the law that the Speaker cannot be a member of a party, he left the Democratic Party.

Remaining in Jongno as a member of the Minjoo Party of Korea, four years later in the 2016 elections Chung successfully fended off a challenge from another Saenuri heavyweight, former Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon, confounding opinion polls from before the vote that had suggested Oh would win.

Prior to the 2016 election, Chung had criticized the Minjoo leadership for failing to nominate enough women and minority candidates.

2018

His membership of the party was restored automatically when his term as Speaker expired on 29 May 2018.

Chung was born in the village of in Jinan, North Jeolla.

2019

In December 2019, he was nominated the second prime minister of the Moon Jae-in government.

2020

He took office as the 42nd Prime Minister on January 14, 2020.

His nickname is the 'Bacteriaman (Baikinman, 세균맨)', so he received a Baikinman doll.

Because his name, 세균 (世均, Sye-kyun or Segyun), is pronounced the same as 세균 (細菌, segyun), which means bacteria.

His religious affiliation is Protestant.