Kim Nam-hee elected women's committee chair; 10 national committee chairs named

The Democratic Party of Korea on Friday elected 10 national committee chairs, covering women, seniors, youth, university students, people with disabilities, labor, farmers and fishermen, Protecting the People's Livelihood, social solidarity economy, and small business owners. Five of those elected are sitting lawmakers.

The five incumbents elected are Rep. Kim Dong-a as youth committee chair, Rep. Moon Geum-ju as farmers and fishermen committee chair, Rep. Min Byeong-deok as Protecting the People's Livelihood committee chair, Rep. Park Jung-hyun as social solidarity economy committee chair, and Rep. Kim Nam-hee as women's committee chair. The remaining posts went to figures from outside the party.

Former Rep. Lee Sang-ok was named seniors committee chair, and Lee Dong-won, former senior vice chair of the party's National University Students Committee, was elected university students committee chair. Park Ho-seok, president of the Korea Disabled Table Tennis Association, was chosen as disabilities committee chair, while Choi Chul-ho, head of the Korean Federation of Power Industry Labor Unions, was elected labor committee chair. Lee Seung-hoon, former policy adviser at the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, was selected as small business owners committee chair.

The election for national committee chairs was held over three days from Monday to Wednesday. The chairs will serve two-year terms.