Cheong Yang-seog

Cheong Yang-seog is a South Korean politician in the conservative People Power Party who was elected member of the National Assembly for Gangbuk, Seoul, in the 2016 [South Korean legislative election|2016 parliamentary election]. He previously represented the same constituency between 2008 and 2012.
In his first term as an assemblyman, Cheong was a member of the Assembly's Strategy and Finance Committee. In 2010, he introduced a bill to increase the basic tax deduction for salaried workers from 1 million to 2 million South Korean won. He was appointed Second Deputy Secretary-General of the Saenuri Party in 2014.
Cheong was born in Boseong County, South Jeolla Province, and studied at the Korea [Army Officer Candidate School] before taking a course in political science at Sogang University. He entered politics as a member of the Democratic Justice Party of President Chun Doo-hwan in 1984.
On 19 October 2020, he was appointed the new Secretary-General of the People Power Party, replacing Kim Seon-dong who had resigned 5 days ago.