Nam Kyung-pil


Nam Kyung-pil is a South Korean politician who has been the 34th governor of Gyeonggi Province since 2014. Before his election, he had been a member of the National Assembly since 1998, representing Paldal-gu. In 2016, he left the Saenuri Party because of President Park Geun-hye's scandal. He helped establish a new political party with other conservative politicians who left Saenuri with the creation of the Bareun Party.

National Assembly

On 21 July 1998, there was a by-election in Paldal-gu to replace former member Kim Yong-nam who died on 13 March 1998. Nam won the by-election with 21,356 votes. He had represented Paldal-gu until 15 May 2014, weeks before the gubernatorial election.

2017 presidential election

On 25 January 2017, Nam declared that he would run for the president of South Korea in 2017. Nam's major commitment was to change South Korea's military conscription service to volunteer military system. He was defeated in his party's primary by his sole opponent, Assemblyman Yoo Seong-min.