Kim Sung-tae

Kim Sung-tae
김성태


Chairman of the Liberty Korea Party Acting
In office 15 June 2018 – 16 July 2018
Preceded by	Hong Joon-pyo
Succeeded by	Kim Byong-joon (interim)
Member of the National Assembly
In office 30 May 2008 – 29 May 2020
Preceded by	Noh Hyun-song
Succeeded by	Jin Sung-joon
Constituency	Gangseo B (Seoul)

Personal details
Born	(1958-05-23) 23 May 1958 Jinju, South Korea
Party	People Power
Spouse	Heo Deok-soon
Children	2
Alma mater	Hanyang University

Korean name
Hangul	김성태
Hanja	金聖泰
RR	Gim Seongtae
MR	Kim Sŏngt'ae

Kim Sung-tae (Korean: 김성태; Hanja: 金聖泰; born May 23, 1958) is a South Korean politician who was a labor activist.

Early life and career

Kim Sung-tae was born on 9 July 1958 in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province. He worked as a labor activist in the Federation of Korean Trade Unions as a young man.

He was elected in the 1998 local elections and served as the Seoul Metropolitan Council member of the National Congress for New Politics. Later, he moved to the Millennium Democratic Party and the Uri Party, and joined the conservative Grand National Party for the first time in 2008. Then, he ran for the 2008 legislative election and won.

After the 2016 South Korean political scandal, he defected from the Saenuri Party in December 2016 and joined the Bareun Party,^[1] but was reinstated in May 2017, before the presidential election.^[2] In November 2017, he was elected floor leader of the Liberty Korea Party. Later, In June 2018, when Hong Jun-pyo resigned his party leadership, he assumed the acting leader.

Year	Elections	Constituency	Political party	Votes (%)	Results
2008	18th National Assembly General Election	Gangseo B (Seoul)	GNP	45,284 (47.15%)	Won
2012	19th National Assembly General Election	Gangseo B (Seoul)	Saenuri	61,967 (50.35%)	Won
2016	20th National Assembly General Election	Gangseo B (Seoul)	Saenuri	45,861 (45.92%)	Won

Year	Elections	Constituency	Political party	Votes (%)	Remarks
1998	2nd Iocal Election	Proportional (2nd)	NCNP	1,718,888 (50.80%)	Elected