Shim Jae-chul | |||||||||
Alma Mater: | Catholic University of Korea | ||||||||
Term Start1: | 18 February 2020 | ||||||||
Term End1: | 8 May 2020 | ||||||||
Office1: | Floor Leader of the United Future Party | ||||||||
Successor1: | Joo Ho-young | ||||||||
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Native Name Lang: | ko | ||||||||
Children: | 1 | ||||||||
Office: | Member of the National Assembly | ||||||||
Otherparty: | Liberty Korea Party (2017-2020) Saenuri Party (2012-2017) Grand National Party (1997-2012) New Korea Party (1995-1997) | ||||||||
Party: | People Power (2020-present) | ||||||||
Birth Place: | Gwangju, South Jeolla Province, South Korea | ||||||||
Birth Date: | 18 January 1958 | ||||||||
Termstart: | 30 May 2000 | ||||||||
Term End: | 29 May 2020 | ||||||||
Predecessor: | Lee Seok-hyun | ||||||||
Successor: | Lee Jae-jung | ||||||||
Office2: | Floor Leader of the Liberty Korea Party | ||||||||
Term Start2: | 9 December 2019 | ||||||||
Term End2: | 18 February 2020 | ||||||||
Constituency: | Anyang Dongan-gu | ||||||||
Predecessor2: | Na Kyung-won | ||||||||
Predecessor1: | Office established |
Shim Jae-chul (Korean: 심재철; Hanja: 沈在哲 RR: Sim Jae-cheol; born 18 January 1958) is a South Korean journalist and politician. He is a current member of the National Assembly and the Floor Leader of the United Future Party.
He was born in Gwangju. He became an activist during Gwangju Uprising in 1980. He graduated Seoul University department of English education. He later worked as a journalist of MBC in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He joined the New Korea Party following the recommendation from the ex-president Kim Young-sam, in 1996.
Shim was elected as the representative of Dongan-gu for the 16th National Assembly of the Republic of Korea in 2000. He has been reelected four times.[1]
In 2016, he was elected as the First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament.[2] He supported the impeachment of president Park Geun-hye.
In 2019, he was elected as the Floor Leader of the Liberty Korea Party, succeeding Na Kyung-won. Following the merger of the Liberty Korea Party with the New Conservative Party and Onward for Future 4.0, he retained his position.
He was convicted of human rights violations during the early 1980s. He was an activist against Chun Doo-hwan, but he attempted to disorganize the protest. This decision led to a massacre.[3]
After that, he tortured "activists for democracy". Rhyu Si-min was one of these victims.[3]
In 2013, he was caught looking at a nude photo on his phone.[4]
He sent a Kakao Talk message that insulted the bereaved of Sewol sinking.[5]
On 28 November 2017, he declared that he would report president Moon Jae-in along with his secretaries as "rebellion".[6] [7]