Hong Moon-jong

Hong Moon-jong is a South Korean politician who served as the Member of the National Assembly for Uijeongbu 2nd constituency. He also served as the Secretary-General of the Saenuri Party. He is the son of the late former politician Hong Woo-jun.
Born at Yangju, Hong studied at Harvard University. He started his political career when he entered to the Democratic Liberal Party in 1995. During the 1996 [South Korean legislative election|general election in 1996], he defeated Moon Hee-sang from the National Congress for New Politics. In 1997, he left the NKP and joined the National Party - New in order to endorse Lee In-je as the upcoming President. Hong stood as a nonpartisan candidate in 2000 despite his loss. He temporarily came back as an MP after the by-election in 2003, till he lost just after a year.
After involving several controversies, Hong officially came back as MP in 2012. He was then re-elected in 2016. As one of the politicians supporting ex-President Park Geun-hye, he endorsed her as President in 2007. He unsuccessfully ran as the parliamentary leader of the Liberty Korea Party in 2017.
In 2019, Hong announced to leave the LKP. A minor political party named the Korean Patriots' Party elected Hong as the party president along with incumbent Cho Won-jin, and the party officially changed their name as the Our Republican Party.
On 10 February 2020, Hong was sacked from the ORP after long-time conflicts with Cho. He then formed the new party named Pro-Park New Party.