User:Jolin254/Han Ki-ho

Han Ki-ho (Korean: 한기호, born 1 October 1952) is a South Korean politician and former army official who has been serving as the Secretary-General of the People Power Party (PPP) since 17 June 2021. He is also the Member of the National Assembly for Chuncheon-Cheorwon-Hwacheon-Yanggu 2nd since 2020 and was previously MP for Cheorwon-Hwacheon-Yanggu-Inje from 2010 to 2016.

Family background
Han Ki-ho's father, Han Jung-kyo, was born in Baekdeok-ri, Geunbuk-myeon, Gimhwa, Gangwon on 15 October 1903. He was the Head of Geunbuk-myeon in 1940s, mostly during the Japanese rule and remained after Gimhwa fell under the Soviet Civil Administration. The family moved to South Korea when Soviet-backed Kim Il-sung took the power of North Korea over and started to purge government officials. He initially worked in Seoul and then Gwangju, Gyeonggi, but soon moved to Miryang, South Gyeongsang after North Korea invaded Gyeonggi area.

He married Ms Park (the full name is unknown) when he was 17 years old; both had a son and 3 daughters, but was bereaved of his wife in 1944. He then remarried Ms Lee and had 2 daughters.

Han Ki-ho was born on 1 October 1952 at a refuge village in Miryang during the Korean War. Following the Armistice Agreement in 1953, his family returned to Gimhwa that was partially recovered by South Korea, but not to Baekdeok-ri (where his father was born) as the area fell under the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ). His family was poor, although the things were seemed to be okay when his father was appointed union representative of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (NH) in Gimhwa in 1961. This, however, did not last long as the entire South Korean counterpart of Gimhwa was merged into Cheorwon and therefore his father was subsequently removed from the position.

Education and personal life
He attended Wasu Primary School and Gimhwa Secondary School in Cheorwon, and Hanyang Technical High School in Seoul.