Yang Hyang-ja

Yang Hyang-ja
양향자
Yang in 2025
President of National Human Resource Management Institute
In office
31 August 2018 – 1 August 2019
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterLee Nak-yeon
Preceded byOh Dong-ho
Succeeded byPark Chun-ran
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 2020 – 10 April 2024
Preceded byChun Jung-bae
Succeeded byLee Sang-sik
ConstituencyGwangju Seo B
Personal details
Born (1967-04-04) 4 April 1967 (age 59)
Hwasun County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea
Political partyPPP (since 2025)
Other political
affiliations
DPK (2016–2021)
Independent (2021–2023)
HoK (2023–2024)
RP (2024–2025)
Alma materCyber University of Korea
Sungkyunkwan University
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Yang Hyang-ja (Hangul: 양향자; Hanja: 梁香子; born 4 April 1967) is a South Korean politician and former Samsung executive. She represented Gwangju at the National Assembly between 2020 and 2024. She was a former member of the Democratic Party. She founded the Hope of Korea party in 2023.

Yang was 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]

Yang was an unsuccessful candidate for President of South Korea in the 2025 snap presidential election.[2]

References

  1. 역대원장 [List of President of the Institute] (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2019-08-25.
  2. Jung, Min-kyung. "Four presidential contenders to advance to next round of PPP primary". Korea Herald. Retrieved 23 April 2025.


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