Nam Kyung-pil

South Korean politician

남경필

Governor of Gyeonggi ProvinceIn office
1 July 2014 – 30 June 2018Preceded byKim Moon-sooSucceeded byLee Jae-myungMember of the National AssemblyIn office
21 July 1998 – 15 May 2014Preceded byNam Pyeong-wooSucceeded byKim Yong-namConstituencyPaldal-gu Personal detailsBorn (1965-01-20) 20 January 1965 (age 59)
Yongin, South KoreaPolitical partyPeople PowerOther political
affiliationsLiberty Korea (until 2016, 2018–2020)
Bareun (2016–2018)Alma materYale School of Management
Yonsei University

Nam Kyung-pil (born 20 January 1965; Korean: 남경필; Hanja: 南景弼) is a South Korean politician who served as the 34th governor of Gyeonggi Province from 2014 to 2018. Before his election, he had been a member of the National Assembly since 1998, representing Paldal-gu. In 2016, he left the Saenuri Party because of President Park Geun-hye's scandal. He helped establish the new Bareun Party with other conservative politicians who left Saenuri.

National Assembly

On 21 July 1998, there was a by-election in Paldal-gu to replace former member, who was also his father, Nam Pyeong-woo, who died on 13 March 1998.^[1] Nam won the by-election with 21,356 votes. He had represented Paldal-gu until 15 May 2014, weeks before the gubernatorial election.

2017 presidential election

On 25 January 2017, Nam declared that he would run for the president of South Korea in 2017. Nam's major commitment was to change South Korea's military conscription service to volunteer military system.^[2] He was defeated in his party's primary by his sole opponent, Yoo Seong-min MP.