Ko Min-jung (Korean: 고민정; born August 23, 1979) is a former KBS announcer previously served as the presidential spokesperson at the Blue House under President Moon Jae-in and currently serving as a National Assembly member from Seoul.
Ko Min-jung
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| 고민정 | |
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| Presidential Spokesperson | |
| In office 25 April 2019 – 15 January 2020 | |
| President | Moon Jae-in |
| Preceded by | Park Soo-hyun Kim Eui-kyeom |
| Succeeded by | Kang Min-seok |
| Vice Presidential Spokesperson | |
| In office 18 May 2017 – 24 April 2019 | |
| President | Moon Jae-in |
| Succeeded by | Han Jung-woo |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 30 May 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Choo Mi-ae |
| Constituency | Seoul Gwangjin B |
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| Born | (1979-08-23) 23 August 1979 (age 44) Seoul, South Korea |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Cho Ki Young |
| Alma mater | Kyung Hee University Qingdao University |
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In 2004 she passed the exam and joined Announcers' Bureau of Programming Department of KBS. From 2005 to 2017 she hosted various - mostly informative, family-targeted - TV shows and two radio programmes.[1]
After resigning from the well-paid job at a national broadcaster in 2017, she worked with Moon as his spokesperson during his campaign for Democratic Party primary and 2017 presidential elections.[2] After his inauguration as the President, she continued her career with Moon as his first vice presidential spokesperson. In April 2019 she was promoted to presidential spokesperson after her predecessor resigned.[3] In January 2020 she resigned the post for upcoming 2020 general election.
In the 2020 general election, Ko defeated the former Seoul mayor and a potential presidential candidate for the opposition party, Oh Se-hoon. In 2021 she joined - as a spokesperson - the campaign of Park Young-sun, her party's candidate for Seoul mayor in 2021 South Korean by-elections where Oh is nominated by the main opposition party.
She holds Bachelor and Master's in Chinese language and literature from Kyung Hee University and Qingdao University respectively.[1]
| Election | Year | District | Party Affiliation | Votes | Percentage of votes | Results |
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| 21st National Assembly General Election | 2020 | Seoul Gwangjin B | Democratic Party | 54,210 | 50.37% | Won |
| 22nd National Assembly General Election | 2024 | Seoul Gwangjin B | Democratic Party | 53,362 | 51.47% | Won |
She is married to Cho Ki-young, a poet whom she met at Kyunghee University campus.