Moon Hee-sang

Moon Hee-sang (Korean: 문희상; Hanja: 文喜相; born 3 March 1945) is a South Korean politician. He has a bachelor's degree in law from Seoul National University. He is a member of the National Assembly, and was the interim leader of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy from 2014 to 2015.^[1]

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The Right Honourable Moon Hee-sang
문희상
Speaker of the National Assembly
In office 13 July 2018 – 29 May 2020
President	Moon Jae-in
Deputy	Lee Ju-young Joo Seung-yong
Preceded by	Chung Sye-kyun
Succeeded by	Park Byeong-seug
Chairman of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy Interim
In office 28 September 2014 – 9 February 2015
Preceded by	Park Young-sun (Interim)
Succeeded by	Moon Jae-in
Chairman of the Democratic Party Interim
In office 9 January 2013 – 4 May 2013
Preceded by	Lee Hae-chan
Succeeded by	Kim Han-gil
Chairman of the Uri Party
In office 2 April 2005 – 28 October 2005
Preceded by	Lim Chae-jeong (Interim)
Succeeded by	Chung Sye-kyun (Interim)
Member of the National Assembly
In office 14 July 2004 – 29 May 2020
Preceded by	Hong Moon-jong
Succeeded by	Oh Young-hwan
Constituency	Uijeongbu A
In office 30 May 2000 – 7 March 2003
Preceded by	Hong Moon-jong
Succeeded by	Hong Moon-jong
Constituency	Uijeongbu
In office 30 May 1992 – 29 May 1996
Preceded by	Kim Moon-won
Succeeded by	Hong Moon-jong
Constituency	Uijeongbu
Chief of Staff to the President
In office 25 February 2003 – 13 July 2004
President	Roh Moo-hyun
Preceded by	Park Jie-won
Succeeded by	Kim Woo-shik
Personal details
Born	(1945-03-03) 3 March 1945 (age 80) Yangju, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Seoul National University
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	South Korea
Branch/service	Republic of Korea Navy
Rank	lieutenant
Korean name
Hangul	문희상
Hanja	文喜相
Revised Romanization	Mun Huisang
McCune–Reischauer	Mun Hŭisang

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On 13 July 2018, he was elected as the new Speaker of the National Assembly.^[2]