Bareunmirae Party
바른미래당
LeaderSohn Hak-kyu
Floor leaderLee Dong-seop (Acting)
Secretary GeneralHwang Han-woong
Chair of the Policy Planning CommitteeLee Hae-sung
Founded13 February 2018 (2018-02-13)
Dissolved24 February 2020
Merger of
Merged intoMinsaeng Party
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[7][8][9]
Factions:
Centre[10][11][12] to right-wing[13][14]
Party flag
Website
bareunmirae.kr
Bareunmirae Party
Hangul
바른미래당
Hanja
바른未來黨
Revised RomanizationBareunmiraedang
McCune–ReischauerParŭnmiraedang
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The Bareunmirae Party[15][16][17] (Korean: 바른미래당; Hanja: 바른未來黨; RR: Bareunmiraedang; lit. Righteous Future Party), also known as the Bareun Mirae Party[18][19] and Bareun Future Party,[20][21] was a South Korean liberal-conservative political party. It was founded in 2018 by merger of the centrist liberal People's Party and the conservative Bareun Party.[20]

History

For the histories of the party's predecessors, see People's Party and Bareun Party.

Founding

In January 2018, leaders of the party's predecessors announced their plan to merge, in an effort to form a centrist bloc and consolidate their parliamentary standings before local elections.[22][23]

The merger was noted to be a bold political experiment, as People's Party is rooted in the Jeolla Provinces, while Bareun Party is rooted in the Gyeongsang Provinces.[20]

The party was formally established on 13 February 2018.

The merger was commented as being "hasty", as it was announced before the two respective parties underwent due process to confirm the union,[22] and was seen as an attempt to consolidate the plan amidst opposition.[22] The merger plan faced opposition from members of both parties, citing concerns over differences in ideology and policy, particularly over differing stances on dealing with North Korea.[23]

Internal split-off

The plan to form the Bareunmirae Party faced opposition from the faction of the People's Party associated with the provinces of North and South Jeolla (both of which are noted to be liberal-leaning provinces).[22] Opposition within the People's Party led to 16 of its lawmakers, including Park Jie-won and Chung Dong-young, to announce plans for a new party.[24] The lawmakers were noted to having belonged to a faction that was closely associated with late former President Kim Dae-jung.[24] The new party, named Party for Democracy and Peace, was launched on 6 February 2018 alongside Bareunmirae, with the merging of the People's Party and Bareun Party.[25]

List of leaders

Chairpersons

No. Name Term of office
Took office Left office
1 Co-leadership
Park Joo-sun   Yoo Seong-min
13 February 2018 15 June 2018
— Kim Dong-cheol 15 June 2018 2 September 2018
2 Sohn Hak-kyu 2 September 2018 23 February 2020

Assembly leaders (Floor leaders)

No. Name Term of office
Took office Left office
1 Kim Dong-cheol 13 February 2018 25 June 2018
2 Kim Kwan-young 25 June 2018 15 May 2019
2 Oh Shin-hwan 15 May 2019 23 February 2020

Election results

Election Leader Metropolitan mayor/Governor Provincial legislature Municipal mayor Municipal legislature
2018 Yoo Seung-min
Park Joo-sun
0 / 17
5 / 824
0 / 226
21 / 2,927

See also

References

  1. ^ "What about the re-establishment of the four-party system, the future political circle?". 아이뉴스21 (in Korean). 3 February 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  2. ^ "New conservative party sets sail ahead of April parliamentary elections". The Korean Herald. 11 June 2021. After the impeachment of Park in 2016, he left the Saenuri Party and joined the minor conservative Bareun Party. He then moved to the liberal-conservative Bareunmirae Party after the Bareun Party and minor liberal People's Party were merged.
  3. ^ a b "The Bareunmirae Party's expression of conflict over "reform conservatives" or "pragmatic parties". a heated discussion ensues at the banquet" (in Korean). Seoul Broadcasting System. 9 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  4. ^ "The merger of the three Honam region political parties - the Bareunmirae Party, New Alternatives, and the Democratic and Peace Party" (in Korean). Hankyoreh. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  5. ^ "극좌·극우 거부 '극중주의' 내세워 조기 등판한 안철수". Pressian. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Ha Tae-kyung, "The social minorities of this era is a man in his 20s and 30s... Revision of laws that favor women"" (in Korean). Kukmin Ilbo. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  7. ^ Shim, Elizabeth (18 October 2018). "South Korea ambassador in Japan interrogated for intelligence discrepancy". United Press International. Lack of intelligence on a meeting between Pompeo and his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono remained a chief concern for South Korean lawmaker Park Joo-sun of the center-right Bareunmirae Party, according to the report.
  8. ^ "Speaker okays change of judiciary reform panel member amid political turmoil". The Korea Herald. Yonhap News Agency. 25 April 2019. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  9. ^ Hurst, Daniel (2 May 2018). "US troops will stay even if peace treaty is signed, says South Korea". The Times.
  10. ^ Oh, Jennie (10 April 2018). "Seoul opposition question Moon administration's anti-corruption drive". United Press International. The centrist Bareunmirae Party said there should be a parliamentary probe...
  11. ^ Smith, Nicola; Choi, Seung Won (30 November 2019). "South Korea draws up cyberbulling laws after second K-pop suicide". The Daily Telegraph.
  12. ^ Park Han-na (5 February 2020). "Liberty Korea Party launches satellite group". The Korea Herald.
  13. ^ Jung Min-ho (28 November 2019). "Filipinos furious over Korean lawmaker's degrading remarks". The Korea Times.
  14. ^ Draudt, Darcie (1 May 2019). "How is South Korea's Moon Jae-in faring two years into his presidency?". The Diplomat (Interview). Interviewed by Shannon Tiezzi.
  15. ^ "Lawmakers Propose String of Bills against Sexual Misconduct". KBS World Radio. 7 March 2018. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018. ...The minor opposition Bareunmirae Party proposed a 'Lee Youn-taek law'...
  16. ^ "Merged Bareunmirae Party Launches Tuesday". KBS World Radio. 13 February 2018. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  17. ^ "Donations to ruling party increase 20 pct: watchdog". Yonhap News. 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  18. ^ "New centrist party vows to beat two major parties". Korea Times. 2018-02-13. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  19. ^ "New party with 30 parliament seats launches in Korea", Arirang, 2018-02-14, archived from the original on 2018-06-15, retrieved 2018-02-17
  20. ^ a b c "Two minor parties merge to create new centrist party". Yonhap. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  21. ^ "South Korea President Moon's approval rating rises for 2 weeks on inter-Korean dialogue mood". The Straits Times. Xinhua News Agency. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018. The approval scores for the conservative Bareun Future Party fell 0.3 percentage points to 6.8 per cent...
  22. ^ a b c d Choi, Ha-young (18 January 2018). "Two minor parties declare merger". The Korea Times. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  23. ^ a b "Leaders of People's Party, Bareun Party declare merger". The Korea Herald. Herald Corporation. Yonhap. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  24. ^ a b Jo, He-rim (28 January 2018). "People's Party dissenters establish preparation committee for new party". The Korea Herald. Herald Corporation. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  25. ^ Jo, He-rim (6 February 2018). "People's Party defectors launch new liberal party". The Korea Herald. Herald Corporation. Retrieved 16 February 2018.

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