Ahn Sang-soo | |
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안상수 | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 4 June 1999 – 29 May 2000 | |
Preceded by | Kim Du-seop |
Succeeded by | Song Young-gil |
Constituency | Gyeyang-Ganghwa A (Incheon) |
In office 30 April 2015 – 29 May 2020 | |
Preceded by | Ahn Deok-su |
Succeeded by | Lee Hak-jae, Shin Dong-kun |
Constituency | Seo District-Ganghwa B(2015~2016) Jung District-Dong District-Ganghwa-Ongjin(2016~2020) |
Mayor of Incheon | |
In office 1 July 2002 – 30 June 2010 | |
Preceded by | Choi Ki-sun |
Succeeded by | Song Young-gil |
Personal details | |
Born | Seosan, South Chungcheong, USAMGIK | 28 May 1946
Political party | People Power Party |
Spouse | Jeong Gyeong-im |
Alma mater | Seoul National University |
Religion | Christian(Methodist) |
Ahn Sang-soo (Korean: 안상수; Hanja: 安相洙; RR: An Sang-su; born 28 May 1946) is a South Korean politician of the People Power Party who served as two-time mayor of Incheon from 2002 to 2010. In the 2010 local elections he lost his position to Song Young-gil of the Democratic Party.[1] He was a candidate for the Saenuri nomination in the 2012 presidential elections.[2] As mayor, Ahn was responsible for initiating a range of expensive construction projects which have been implicated in causing financial difficulties.[3]
On November 22, 2019, while serving in the National Assembly representing the opposition Liberty Korea party, he introduced an amendment to remove homophobia and transphobia from a list of violations of an anti-discrimination law.[4] He used a poster that compared homosexual marriage to a picture of a woman marrying a dog.[5]