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Choi Bae-geun is a South Korean educator, economist, and politician. He was born in Seoul, South Korea, on April 12, 1959. He graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in economics and received his master's degree in economics from the University of Chicago. He began his career as a professor at Seoul National University in 1988 and served as the president of the Korea Institute of Public Finance from 2000 to 2002. He was appointed as the Minister of Education in 2002 and served until 2003. In 2004, he was elected to the National Assembly of South Korea and served as the chairman of the Education, Culture, Sports, and Tourism Committee. He was re-elected in 2008 and served as the chairman of the Special Committee on Budget and Accounts. In 2012, he was appointed as the Minister of Education, Science and Technology and served until 2013. He was also appointed as the Minister of Strategy and Finance in 2013 and served until 2014. As of 2021, Choi Bae-geun's net worth is estimated to be roughly $1 million.

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Occupation Educator, economist, politician
Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 12 April, 1959
Birthday 12 April
Birthplace Seoul, South Korea
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2019

In 2019, he harshly criticised Japan under Shinzo Abe, citing that Shinzo wants to establish a pro-Japan government in South Korea.

In 2019, Choi joined protests supporting Cho Kuk as the Minister of Justice, shortly after the minister had resigned following the controversies. Choi then shouted in front of people, "Dear Cho Kuk, you're our eternal Justice Minister!" Shortly before this, he condemned the prosecutor and anti-government medias for infringing the former Justice Minister, like what they had done to the ex-President Roh Moo-hyun 10 years ago. When Choi founded the Platform Party, Kim Jin-tae, a United Future MP denounced the party as a "pro-Cho Kuk party", citing a Choi's remarks (calling the ex-Minister as the "eternal") in October 2019.

2018

Choi is very critical towards the economic policies of the Moon Jae-in cabinet. In December 2018, he cited that Moon, who called himself as a "pro-labour" was forwarding a failed labour reforms. As an example, he added Moon's original manifesto to increase the minimum wage was not fulfilled. He also denounced that Moon's policies were more right-wing than Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye due to the several projects i.e. privatisation.

2007

In 2007, he became one of the co-Presidents of the Onward Korea, a political organisation that never became an official political party. He later joined the Our Future (now Future Party) but quit later. In 2020, he founded a new political party, named the For the Citizens (soon renamed as Platform Party), along with Woo Hee-jong. He resigned on 16 April, whereas Woo remained till the party was merged into the Democratic Party on 13 May.

1990

He studied economics at Konkuk University and University of Georgia. He has been lecturing at Konkuk University since 1990. He has been involved in various organisations, including People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation and so on. In 2004, he was briefly a columnist of Hankyoreh.

1959

Choi Bae-geun (Korean: 최배근, born 12 April 1959) is a South Korean economist, educator and politician who served as the President of the Platform Party, along with Woo Hee-jong.