| Jun Hee-kyung | |
| Native Name Lang: | ko |
| Birth Date: | 9 October 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Seongbuk District, Seoul, South Korea |
| Office1: | Member of the National Assembly |
| Constituency1: | Proportional |
| Term Start1: | 30 May 2016 |
| Party: | Liberty Korea Party |
| Otherparty: | Saenuri Party (2016–2017) |
| Alma Mater: | Ewha Womans University |
| Occupation: | Politician |
Jun Hee-kyung (born 9 October 1975) is a South Korean conservative[1] politician who is a member of the National Assembly from right-wing Liberty Korea Party (LKP) since 2016. Before joining the politics, she was the secretary-general of Centre for Free Economics.[2] [3]
Jun was born in Seongbuk District, Seoul[3] but grown up and educated in Uijeongbu after her father's business failure.[1] According to her, she was an introvert and liked to think about something during this time.[1] She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration from Ewha Womans University.[2]
She served as the policy director of Citizens United for Better Society[3] from 2006 to 2012,[1] policy team leader of Korea Economic Research Institute from 2012 to 2014, and the secretary-general of Centre for Free Economics[3] (then Centre for Free Enterprise) from 2014 to 2016. She also represented Saenuri Party (then Liberty Korea Party) during the history textbook controversies in 2015.[3] [4]
Prior to 2016 election, Jun was brought into the Saenuri Party.[5] [4] She ran 9th in the Saenuri list and elected for the National Assembly.[2] [3] During the presidential election in 2017, she was appointed as the spokesperson of the LKP's presidential candidate, Hong Jun-pyo.[3]
She is socially conservative, who opposes same-sex marriage[6] [7] and advocates harsher immigration policy.[8]
In 2016, she faced a criticism regarding with her thesis plagiarism in Ewha University.[2] It was reported that about 79% of her thesis was plagiarised from the others.[2] On 23 March 2017, she gave her degree up.[9]
Jun received another protests after her controversial remarks towards Im Jong-seok.[10] [11]