South Korea’s ruling party is headed by the Minister of Justice – Rossiyskaya Gazeta

The provisional leadership of the ruling conservative party “People Power”, after discussing the situation, decided not to hold elections, but to invite Han Dong-hun, who had previously been Minister of Justice in the government, to the position of head of the Committee of Party emergency. The official accepted this proposal and immediately submitted his resignation to the President of the Republic of Korea (ROK), Yoon Seok-yeol, which was granted. As a result, Khan quickly held farewell ceremonies for the department’s employees and took over as head of the party’s Cheka.

Political scientists admit that the “People Power” has decided to take a very bold and unconventional step. Han Dong Hoon previously worked in the prosecutor’s office, is a close associate of ROK President Yoon Seok Yeol, and has never been involved in domestic politics. However, he attracted attention and gained popularity in certain quarters when he communicated boldly, assertively and sometimes aggressively with the opposition and journalists. Here it is worth considering that parliament is now dominated by the opposition Democratic Party “Toburo”, which opposes the conservatives in power. Another advantage of Han Dong Hoon is that he is quite young for a high-level politician: he is in his early 50s.

The ruling party is going through a period of crisis. Recently, under pressure from critics, Kim Ki-hyun, head of People’s Power, was forced to resign. There are strong voices in the party in favor of radical reforms and renovations, but the “heavyweights” of the party are not willing to fully follow them. them. Furthermore, there are only a few months left until the next parliamentary elections, which will be held in the first half of April 2024. Although the Democratic opposition has its own problems, polls show that the ruling party may suffer a new defeat in the elections. parliamentary elections, repeating the fiasco of the four-year prescription Then it all ended when the democrats obtained and still maintain a safe majority in parliament, which largely prevented the President and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan from implementing their course.

In this sense, People Power hopes that the young and popular former Minister of Justice will be able to lead the party out of the crisis and provide it with good results in the elections. If Han Dong Hoon’s debut in the domestic political arena is successful, then he will potentially be able to receive a party nomination as a candidate in the 2027 presidential election. In this regard, a lot of attention has been focused on Han: there is a high probability that We are witnessing the rise of a new political star in South Korea, who could eventually become president. However, there is still a lot of time before that, during which Khan will have to solve many difficult political problems and tasks.