Oh Se-hoon

Oh Se-hoon is a survivor of Seoul politics, which is no small thing. A lawyer by training, he served as Seoul mayor from 2006 to 2011, resigned over a divisive welfare referendum, then staged a striking comeback to reclaim the office in 2021. That arc, falling on your own sword and clawing back a decade later, tells me a lot about persistence and ambition. Running a megacity of nearly ten million is a brutal job, and the People Power Party clearly sees him as a national contender. I find political second acts genuinely compelling, and his is one of the more dramatic.

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Name (English)

Oh Se-hoon

Name (Japanese)

呉世勲

Reading

お・せふん

Born

January 4, 1961 (age 65)

Origin

Seongdong District, South Korea

Occupation

politician / lawyer / judge

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Ox

University

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh%20Se-hoon
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%89%E4%B8%96%E5%8B%B2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494239

Tags

• politician
• lawyer
• judge

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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