Yoo Jin-ryong

In this Korean name, the family name is Yoo.

Yoo Jin-ryong (Korean: 유진룡) is a South Korean politician who formerly served as the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Yoo Jin-ryong
우진룡
Born	1956 (age 67–68)
Alma mater	Hanyang University
Korean name
Hangul	유진룡
Hanja	劉震龍
Revised Romanization	Yu Jinryong
McCune–Reischauer	Yu Chinryong

Life and career

Yu at the London Korean Film Festival

Yoo Jin-ryong was born on September 2, 1956, in Incheon. In 1979, he graduated from Seoul National University with a bachelor's degree in Commerce and Trade, followed by a master's degree in Public Administration from Hanyang University a few years later.^[1]

On February 13, 2013, Yoo Jin Ryong was appointed as South Korea's Minister of Culture.^[2] Yoo resigned from the post in July 2014 after he clashed with President Park over staffing issues.^[3][4]

References

1. "Profiles of minister-nominees: Yoo Jin-ryong, Culture, sports and tourism". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
2. "Yoo Jin-ryong, a respected and seasoned cultural bureaucrat". Yonhap. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
3. Kim Hoo-ran (27 October 2016). "Troubling revelations about Seoul's 'Shadow President': The Korea Herald columnist". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016.
4. Yoo Jin-ryong accused President Park's chief of staff of pressuring, in 2014, the ministry to fire six high-level officials because their political views were "incompatible with the Park administration." Jung Min-ho (26 December 2016). "Former top presidential aide's home raided". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016.