President Park Geun-hye Name Hwang Woo-yea Preceded by Seo Nam-soo Role Politician | Citizenship Korean Political party Saenuri Party Party Saenuri Party | |
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Prime Minister Chung Hong-won
Lee Wan-koo
Choi Kyoung-hwan (Acting)
Hwang Kyo-ahn Constituency Yeonsu District, Incheon Born August 3, 1947 (age 76)
Gyeonggi Province, United States Army Military Government in Korea ( 1947-08-03 ) Profiles | ||
Education Seoul National University | ||
Hwang Woo-yea (Korean: 황우여, Hanja: 黃祐呂; born 3 August 1947) is a Korean jurist, politician, and former chairman of the Saenuri Party. As of 2012 Hwang represents the electorate centred on Yeonsu District, Incheon in the National Assembly of South Korea.
Hwang studied law at Seoul National University. He was a judge in courts in Seoul and other jurisdictions in South Korea before entering politics. Hwang has been elected to the constituency he represents five times.
In 2016 Hwang placed third on the Rainbow Vote list of 22 most homophobic politicians. He is well known for his role as the chair of the National Breakfast Prayer Committee meeting and as a key architect of anti-gay legislations in Korea. In 2014 he participated in organizing the International Solidarity Agency to Stop Global Homosexuality, a collaboration between Korean evangelicals and their counterparts in Haiti.