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Ha Tae-keung
Ha Tae-keung (Korean: 하태경, born 26 April 1968) is a South Korean activist and politician who is currently a member of National Assembly representing the 1st constituency of Haeundae District, Busan. He has served as Vice President of the Bareun Party, a Vice President of the Bareunmirae Party, and one of the co-Presidents of the New Conservative Party.
Ha Tae-keung was born in Busan in 1968. During the military dictatorship of Chun Doo-hwan, Ha was a pro-democracy activist. During the early 1990s, he was a member of the National University Students Association (NUSA), which also included members Lim Soo-kyung and Im Jong-seok. Ha was detained in 1991 on charges of breaching the National Security Act. He returned to his activist career after released in 1993.
During the 2000s, Ha was interested in North Korean human rights, which he often did activism for. In 2011, Ha received Human Rights Award of Korea.
In 2011, Ha joined the conservative Grand National Party (GNP), and was elected as a National Assembly representative for the party, then known as the Saenuri Party, in the 2012 South Korean legislative election. He was re-elected in 2016.
During the political scandal in 2016, Ha left the Saenuri Party and became one of the founders of the Bareun Party along with other defectors from the Saenuri Party. He ran for president of the Bareun Party in May 2017, but lost to Lee Hye-hoon. Instead, he was elected to the vice presidency. After Kim Se-yeon left the party, Ha became the party's sole Busan MP.
In 2018, the Bareun Party merged with the People Party to become the Bareunmirae Party. Ha ran for president of the Bareunmirae Party during the September 2018 leadership election, coming in 2nd place and losing to Sohn Hak-kyu. Ha instead became one of several Vice Presidents of the Bareunmirae Party.
On 5 January 2020, Ha joined seven other representatives in defecting from the Bareunmirae Party to join the New Conservative Party. Upon his defection, Ha became one of the co-Presidents of the New Conservative Party until dissolved upon its unification with the Liberty Korea Party to form the United Future Party on 17 February 2020.
In 2020, Ha was re-elected as representative of the 1st constituency of Haeundae District, Busan, as a member of the United Future Party. The party changed its name to the People Power Party later in 2020.
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Ha Tae-keung
Ha Tae-keung (Korean: 하태경, born 26 April 1968) is a South Korean activist and politician who is currently a member of National Assembly representing the 1st constituency of Haeundae District, Busan. He has served as Vice President of the Bareun Party, a Vice President of the Bareunmirae Party, and one of the co-Presidents of the New Conservative Party.
Ha Tae-keung was born in Busan in 1968. During the military dictatorship of Chun Doo-hwan, Ha was a pro-democracy activist. During the early 1990s, he was a member of the National University Students Association (NUSA), which also included members Lim Soo-kyung and Im Jong-seok. Ha was detained in 1991 on charges of breaching the National Security Act. He returned to his activist career after released in 1993.
During the 2000s, Ha was interested in North Korean human rights, which he often did activism for. In 2011, Ha received Human Rights Award of Korea.
In 2011, Ha joined the conservative Grand National Party (GNP), and was elected as a National Assembly representative for the party, then known as the Saenuri Party, in the 2012 South Korean legislative election. He was re-elected in 2016.
During the political scandal in 2016, Ha left the Saenuri Party and became one of the founders of the Bareun Party along with other defectors from the Saenuri Party. He ran for president of the Bareun Party in May 2017, but lost to Lee Hye-hoon. Instead, he was elected to the vice presidency. After Kim Se-yeon left the party, Ha became the party's sole Busan MP.
In 2018, the Bareun Party merged with the People Party to become the Bareunmirae Party. Ha ran for president of the Bareunmirae Party during the September 2018 leadership election, coming in 2nd place and losing to Sohn Hak-kyu. Ha instead became one of several Vice Presidents of the Bareunmirae Party.
On 5 January 2020, Ha joined seven other representatives in defecting from the Bareunmirae Party to join the New Conservative Party. Upon his defection, Ha became one of the co-Presidents of the New Conservative Party until dissolved upon its unification with the Liberty Korea Party to form the United Future Party on 17 February 2020.
In 2020, Ha was re-elected as representative of the 1st constituency of Haeundae District, Busan, as a member of the United Future Party. The party changed its name to the People Power Party later in 2020.