User:Dckewon5131/이원창 (1942년)

Lee Won-chang (born July 9, 1942) is a South Korean journalist and politician. He is from Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, and his domicile is Jeonju.

Life
He graduated from Jeonju High School, received a bachelor's degree in political science from Korea University, and completed a graduate school in Tokyo University in Japan and an international graduate school in Seoul National University. Since joining the Kyunghyang Newspaper and Culture Broadcasting (MBC) in 1969, he has been a journalist and was appointed an editorial writer for Kyunghyang Newspaper in 1993. In 1994, he was appointed deputy director of the editorial department of the Kyunghyang Newspaper and in 1998, he was appointed director of the social department of the Kyunghyang Newspaper.

In 1998, Lee Hoi-chang was appointed as the press special advisor to GNP President Lee Hoi-chang, and in 2000, he served as a spokesman for the GNP's National Election Commission. In the 16th National Assembly election held on April 13, 2000, he was elected as a candidate for the Grand National Party and served as a member of the National Assembly's Administrative Autonomy Committee from 2000 to 2002. In 2003, he served as a member of the Korea Newspaper Ethics Committee, the president of the Korean Hapkido Federation, and the organizing committee of the Children's Fair, and in 2004, he served as the president of the Blind Mission, the CEO of the Frontier Times, and the president of the Korean Patent Society.

In the 17th National Assembly election held on April 15, 2004, he ran as a candidate for the Seoul Songpa-gu Byeong constituency of the Grand National Party, but was defeated by Lee Geun-sik of the Uri Party. From July 13, 2011 to July 31, 2014, he served as president of the Korea Broadcasting Advertising Promotion Corporation (KBC from July 13, 2011 to May 22, 2012).

Reference

 * Lee Won-chang - Korean Tribute Society