Chung Mong Joon

Politician, Person

1951 –

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Who is Chung Mong Joon?

Chung Mong-joon or Chung Mong Joon, is a South Korean businessman and politician. He is honorary vice president of FIFA and the former president of the Korea Football Association. He is also the controlling shareholder in Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, the second-largest Korean chaebol and one of the largest corporations in the world. He is the sixth son of the Hyundai conglomerate founder, Chung Ju-yung. Chung is a graduate of Seoul National University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Johns Hopkins University where he earned his Ph.D. He is also the chairman of the board of the University of Ulsan and Ulsan College in Ulsan, South Korea.

He is also a member of the National Assembly of Korea, representing Ulsan. In 1988, Chung won a seat in the National Assembly of South Korea and is now in his seventh term in office. In 2002, he ran for the presidency, where Chung formed a coalition with candidate Roh Moo-hyun to swing voters away from conservative Grand National Party candidate Lee Hoi-chang. Chung controversially withdrew his endorsement of Roh in the last hour, but Roh went on to win the election nonetheless. In September 2002, he announced his intent to run for the presidency in December.

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Born
Oct 17, 1951
Busan
Also known as
  • Chung Mong-jun
Parents
Siblings
Religion
  • Catholicism
Ethnicity
  • Korean people
Nationality
  • South Korea
Profession
Education
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • George Washington University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Seoul National University
  • Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
  • MIT Sloan School of Management
Employment
  • Hyundai Heavy Industries
Lived in
  • Busan

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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