Na Kyung-won

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Korean name
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Hangul 나경원
Hanja
Revised Romanization Na Kyeongweon
McCune–Reischauer Na Kyŏngwŏn

Na Kyung-won is a South Korean politician and lawyer. She was a member of the conservative Saenuri Party (formerly the Grand National party). She was one of two candidates of the October 2011 by-election after Oh Se-hoon resigned his position as the Mayor of Seoul, she lost the election to Park Won-soon.[1] She started her political career as a special aide for women's affairs under Lee Hoi-chang in 2002 during the presidential election.[2][3]

Na did not run for the 2012 legislative election due to allegations of her husband Kim Jae-ho's, involvement of a clandestine deal with a prosecutor from the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.[4]

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  1. ^ Ahn, Christine (January 6, 2012). "A Korean Spring?". Eurasia Review. Retrieved 28 December 2012. 
  2. ^ Lee (이), Jeong-mi (정미) (2011-10-11). "'아메리카의 전여옥' 페일린, 나경원 후보 만난다". 민중의소리 (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-10-13. 
  3. ^ Tae-hoon, Lee (September 23, 2011). "Na joins mayoral race". The Korea Times. Retrieved 28 December 2012. 
  4. ^ Song, Sang-ho (2012-03-08). "Saenuri Party’s Na not to run in April elections". Korean Herald. Retrieved 2012-03-08. 

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