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Oh Se-hoon

呉世勲　/　お・せふん

Politician from South Korea

January 4, 1961 (age 65)　・　Seongdong District, South Korea

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judge

My Take

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.

Overview

Oh Se-hoon (Korean: 오세훈; born 4 January 1961) is a South Korean politician and lawyer who has served as the mayor of Seoul since 2021, an office he previously held from 2006 to 2011. A member of the People Power Party, he served as a member of the National Assembly from 2000 to 2004.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Oh Se-hoon
Name (Japanese): 呉世勲
Reading: お・せふん
Born: January 4, 1961 (age 65)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Ox
Origin: Seongdong District, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician / lawyer / judge

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ohsehoon4u/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%89%E4%B8%96%E5%8B%B2

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