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Hong Moon-pyo (Korean: 홍문표, born 17 November 1947) is a South Korean politician serving as the Member of the National Assembly for Hongseong-Yesan since 2012, and previously from 2004 until 2008. He was the former Secretary-General of the Liberty Korea Party (LKP) from 2017 to 2018.

Hong was born in Hongseong and studied Agricultural Chemistry at Konkuk University. He worked at the campaign of Yu Chingo, who was contesting at the 1967 election. He firstly contested for Cheongyang-Hongseong at the 1988 election, but was not elected. He was elected the MP for Hongseong-Yesan in 2004, and again in 2012.

Following the 2016 political scandal, Hong quit the Saenuri Party, which was renamed to the Liberty Korea Party (LKP) in February 2017. He joined the Bareun Party, but subsequently returned to the LKP prior to the 2017 presidential election. After Hong Jun-pyo was elected the President of the LKP, he was appointed the Secretary-General.