Lee So-hee (politician)

Lee So-hee (, born ) is a South Korean politician and lawyer.

Early life She is a native of Dain-myeon, Uiseong-gun, North Gyeongsang Province. At the age of 15, while attending middle school, she suffered lower-body paralysis due to a medical accident during surgery for scoliosis. After passing the qualification exams for middle and high school, she earned a bachelor's degree in law from Ewha Womans University, followed by a master's degree in law from Kyungpook National University Law School and a doctorate in law from Yonsei University Law School.

Early Career After passing the bar examination, she worked as a senior investigator at the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation from 2017 to 2021. Subsequently, she opened a law office in Sejong and practised law.

During South Korea's 2022 South Korean presidential election, she served as an advisor for youth and women's affairs in the campaign of People Power Party candidate Yoon Suk-yeol, and subsequently served as a proportional representation member of the 4th Sejong City Council (representing the People Power Party) from July 2022 to March 2024. Later, for the 2024 South Korean legislative election held in April 2024, she was nominated as a proportional representation candidate number nineteen for the People Future Party. On 12 January 2026, she succeeded to the proportional representation seat that had become vacant following the resignation of National Assembly member Ihn Yo-han.

Education

Bachelor's degree in law from Ewha Womans University. Master's degree in law from Kyungpook National University Law School. Doctorate in law from Yonsei University Law School.

History From 2017 until 2021, she served as a senior investigator at the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Later, she became an attorney at the Yeomin Law Firm.

During the 2022 South Korean presidential election, she served as a special advisor for Youth and Women's Affairs to Yoon Suk-yeol's People Power Party campaign.

She served as a member of the 4th Sejong Special Self-Governing City Council. However, she resigned from the role in March 2024. During her time on the council, she served as the chair of Educational Safety Committee.

In August 2022, she was appointed as a member of the People Power Party emergency response committee. In September 2022, she expressed her intention to resign from the committee.

In October 2023, she was appointed to the People Power Party innovation committee. The committee existed for sixty days and dissolved on 24 December 2023.

In 2025, she was appointed to the Special Committee for Party Reorganisation for the People Power Party.

Ahead of the 2025 South Korean presidential election, she participated in the Clean Primary Subcommittee of the People Power Party.

On 12 January 2026, following the resignation of Ihn Yo-han, she became a first term proportional representation member of the 22nd National Assembly succeeding Ihn.

Following her succession into the National Assembly, she was appointed to the Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee for the rest of the first half of the 22nd National Assembly. At the start of the second half of the 22nd National Assembly, she was appointed as a member of the Health and Welfare Committee.

Authored works

Autobiography: Even Though I Cannot Walk, I Rise Every Day (2024, Yemun)

Election results Year Election Term Office Constituency Party Votes Vote share Rank Result Notes 2022 Local elections 4th City council member Sejong Special Self-Governing City People Power Party 71,729 48.50% No 1 Elected First term; 8th local elected term 2024 Legislative election 22nd Member of the National Assembly Proportional representation People Future Party 10,395,264 36.67% No 19 Elected First term; succeeded Ihn Yo-han

Lee So-hee (politician)

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