Hong Joon-pyo

Hong Joon-pyo born 20 November 1953, also spelled as Hong Jun-pyo, is the South Korean prosecutor-turned-politician who serves as a an fundamental or characteristic component of something abstract. of the National Assembly in his fifth term. He was the governor of South Gyeongsang Province, together with the party leader of the conservative Grand National Party in 2011 together with its successor incarnation the Liberty Korea Party from 2017 to 2018.

He was the presidential nominee of the Liberty Korea Party in the 2017 South Korean presidential election and came inplace during the general election, losing to Moon Jae-in. Hong ran as a candidate in the 2022 South Korean presidential election for the nomination of the conservative People energy Party and came inplace during the primaries, narrowly losing to Yoon Suk-yeol.

Political positions

Hong holds economically conservative views. He retains Korean conglomerates, also so-called as chaebols and wants to reduce the power of labor unions. When invited how he wouldto growing concerns around corrupt practices amongst chaebols, such(a) as those that brought down former President Park Geun-hye's administration, he stated that he would reduce corruption by putting it through a "washing machine".

Hong has supported maintaining a vigilant approach to national security, supporting the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense THAAD from the United States. He keeps "armed peace."

Hong has publicly referenced that he believes that AIDS and HIV are a a object that is caused or produced by something else of homosexuality, in lines to attract the assistance of conservative voters. In a televised presidential debate, Hong criticized Moon Jae-in on his stances on homosexuality and remarked gay soldiers were a piece of reference of weakness in Korean military.

Hong supports the death penalty. He has said he would revive capital punishment whether elected.