Shim Wan-koo
Shim Wan-koo | |
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심완구 | |
| Mayor of Ulsan | |
| In office 15 July 1997 – 30 June 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Park Maeng-woo |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 30 May 1988 – 29 May 1992 | |
| Constituency | Ulsan Nam-gu |
| In office 13 May 1985 – 29 May 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Ko Won-jun Lee Kyu-jung |
| Constituency | Ulsan Ulju County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1938 Daehyeon-myeon, Ulsan-gun, Korea, Empire of Japan |
| Died | 8 June 2020 (aged 81) Seocho, Seoul, South Korea |
| Other political affiliations | Grand National Party Democratic Liberal Party |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 심완구 |
| Hanja | 沈完求 |
| RR | Sim Wangu |
| MR | Sim Wan'gu |
Shim Wan-koo (Korean: 심완구; Hanja: 沈完求; RR: Sim Wangu; 1 July 1938 – 8 June 2020)[1][2] was a South Korean politician who served as the first elected Mayor of Ulsan. He was a member of the National Assembly from 1985 to 1992.
Early life and education
[edit]Shim was born in Songho Village, Yaum-ri, Daehyeon-myeon, Ulsan-gun, Keishōnan Province (South Gyeongsang Province), Korea, Empire of Japan on July 1, 1938. He graduated from Sungkyunkwan University; majoring in economics.
Political career
[edit]Member of the National Assembly and Mayor of Ulsan (1985–2002)
[edit]Shim ran for the Ulsan-Ulju County electoral district in the 1981 South Korean legislative election and but came in third place with only 18.44% of the vote.[citation needed] He ran for the same electoral district in the 1985 South Korean legislative election and was elected along with Kim Tae-ho of the ruling Democratic Justice Party.[3] He ran under the Reunification Democratic Party for the Ulsan Nam-gu electoral district in the 1988 South Korean legislative election and was elected for a four-year term. He ran for the same district in the 1992 South Korean legislative election, but lost to Cha Soo-myung.
Shim was elected as Mayor of Ulsan in 1995, however as Ulsan took its current form as a metropolitan city on July 15, 1997; making Shim's official term start from July 15, 1997.[4]
He left the conservative Grand National Party on September 14, 1998, and joined the more liberal National Congress for New Politics that was led by Kim Dae-jung. He was sentenced to jail in 2002 for accepting bribery from a construction company, but all charges against him were dropped and he was later pardoned by Roh Moo-hyun.[5]
After serving as Mayor of Ulsan (2002–2020)
[edit]While Shim supported conservative candidate Lee Myung-bak during the 2007 South Korean presidential election,[6] he supported liberal candidate Moon Jae-in during the 2012 South Korean presidential election.[7] He supported Song Cheol-ho's campaign for Mayor of Ulsan in 2018.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ 심완구 민선 초대 울산시장 지병으로 별세. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ 허, 광무 (8 June 2020). '울산광역시 승격 주역' 심완구 전 시장 별세. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "`온산과 기장` 어떤 인연?". Busan Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ [새 광역단체장 포부와 프로필]심완구 울산시장. JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 5 June 1998. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ 건설사서 뇌물수수 혐의 심완구 前울산시장 일부무죄. The Dong-A Ilbo (in Korean). 13 June 2003. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ 최형우前장관·심완구 前시장, 이명박 지지. 울산신문 (in Korean). 24 June 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ 심완구 전 울산시장, 문재인 지지선언...울산정치혁신포럼도 동참. News1 (in Korean). 14 December 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ 심완구, 송철호 시장후보 지지. News1 (in Korean). 31 May 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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