Chang Sŏng-min


Chang Sŏng-min is a South Korean politician. He was formerly the president of the Grand National United Party.

Biography

Chang was born in Goheung County, South Jeolla Province. He started his political career under former president Kim Dae-jung. He was elected to the National Assembly as a member of Millennium Democratic Party in 2000, but lost in 2002 due to his violation of election law.
In 2012, he became one of the hosts of the television show Chang Sŏng-min's Issue Tank.

Controversy

While he was working at Chang Sŏng-min's Issue Tank, he was involved in controversies about reporting that the Gwangju Uprising was supported by North Korea. Although he denied it, the controversy was taken seriously.
He declared that he would run for the upcoming presidential election as a member of People's Party. He registered to enter for the party, however, the party rejected his bid. Because of that, he was forced to create a new party with the name of Grand National United Party.
After GNUP was dissolved, in March 2018, he entered to Bareunmirae Party.