Yang Hyang-ja
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Yang Hyang-ja (Korean: 양향자; Hanja: 梁香子; born 4 April 1967) is a South Korean politician and former Samsung executive. She has represented Gwangju at the National Assembly since 2020. A former member of the Democratic Party, she founded the Hope of Korea party in 2023.
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Yang Hyang-ja | |
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양향자 | |
President of National Human Resource Management Institute | |
In office 31 August 2018 – 1 August 2019 | |
President | Moon Jae-in |
Prime Minister | Lee Nak-yeon |
Preceded by | Oh Dong-ho |
Succeeded by | Park Chun-ran |
Member of the National Assembly | |
Assumed office 30 May 2020 | |
Preceded by | Chun Jung-bae |
Constituency | Gwangju Seo B |
Personal details | |
Born | (1967-04-04) 4 April 1967 (age 57) Hwasun County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea |
Political party | New Reform |
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Alma mater | now-Cyber University of Korea Sungkyunkwan University |
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In this Korean name, the family name is Yang.
Yang previously served as the president of the National Human Resource Management Institute (NHI) within the Ministry of Personnel Management under President Moon Jae-in from 2018 to 2019. She was the first woman to lead the Institute since the position was founded in the 1960s.[1]