| Ahn Sang-soo | |||||||||||
| Office: | Mayor of Changwon | ||||||||||
| Term Start: | 1 July 2014 | ||||||||||
| Term End: | 30 June 2018 | ||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Park Wan-soo | ||||||||||
| Successor: | Heo Seong-moo | ||||||||||
| Office1: | Chairman of the Grand National Party | ||||||||||
| Predecessor1: | Chung Mong-joon | ||||||||||
| Term Start1: | 14 July 2010 | ||||||||||
| Term End1: | 8 May 2011 | ||||||||||
| Office2: | Member of the National Assembly | ||||||||||
| Term Start2: | 30 May 1996 | ||||||||||
| Term End2: | 29 May 2012 | ||||||||||
| Predecessor2: | Park Je-sang | ||||||||||
| Successor2: | Song Ho-chang | ||||||||||
| Constituency2: | Uiwang–Gwacheon | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 9 February 1946 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, southern Korea | ||||||||||
| Party: | United Future | ||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Masan High School Seoul National University School of Law (LL.B.) | ||||||||||
| Profession: | Politician, Prosecutor | ||||||||||
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Ahn Sang-soo (; born February 9, 1946, in Changwon)is a South Korean politician. He was chairman of the Grand National Party, the precursor to the Saenuri Party.[1] [2] He was the Mayor of Changwon from 2014[3] [4] to 2018. He hopes to improve that city's bicycle-sharing plan.[5]
He mistook thermos flasks as North Korean artillery shells in a bombed-out house afflicted after the Bombardment of Yeonpyeong.[6] This has stirred controversies in the National Assembly of South Korea.