Jeon Yeo-ok
Personal details
Born (1959-04-09) 9 April 1959 (age 65)
Seoul
South Korea
Political partyK Party (2012– )
Saenuri Party (to 2012)
Alma materEwha Womans University (B.A. in sociology)
Sogang University (M.A. in political science)
Professionwriter, journalist, broadcaster, politician
WebsiteOfficial Website
Jeon Yeo-ok
Hangul
전여옥
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJeon Yeo-ok
McCune–ReischauerChŏn Yŏ-ok

Jeon Yeo-ok (Korean: 전여옥; born April 9, 1959) is a conservative female South Korean politician who came from a journalist background. Of a pro-Lee Myung-bak background, she was known for expressing discontent against Park Geun-hye who regained control of the Saenuri Party (formally the Grand National Party). She was not nominated during the party nomination process for the 2012 legislative election as one of the close supporters of Lee Myung-bak.[1] Until then, she was considered as the main rival of Park Geun-hye.[2]

Jeon was accused of academic elitism, as she opposed the nomination of the former president Roh Moo-hyun because he did not graduate from a higher level institution.[3]

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  1. ^ Kim (김), Beom-hyeon (범현) (2012-03-07). 절반가량 진행된 새누리 공천..계파별 명암은. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  2. ^ Cho (조), Su-gyeong (수경) (2012-03-05). ‘공천탈락’ 전여옥 "이게 박근혜의 그릇". Media Today (in Korean). Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  3. ^ 다음 대통령, 대학 나온 사람이 돼야. Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). 2005-06-03. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2012-03-08.


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