Bae Jin-gyo (, born 26 August 1968) is a South Korean politician who was a member of the 21st National Assembly. He previously served as the 10th Mayor of Namdong-gu, Incheon from 2010 to 2014.
Career Bae joined the Democratic Labor Party and was appointed chairman of the party's Namdong-gu Committee in 2003.
In the 2004 South Korean legislative election, he ran as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party for the Namdong-gu Eul constituency but was defeated by Lee Ho-ung of the Uri Party.
In the 2006 South Korean local elections, he ran for Mayor of Namdong-gu, Incheon, as a candidate for the Democratic Labor Party, but was defeated by Grand National Party candidate Yoon Tae-jin.
In the 2008 South Korean legislative election, he ran as a Democratic Labor Party candidate for the Incheon Namdong-gu Eul constituency but was defeated by Grand National Party candidate Cho Jeon-hyuk. Following his defeat, he served as vice-chairman of the Democratic Labor Party's Incheon City Committee.
In the 2010 South Korean local elections he was selected as the unified opposition candidate and ran for and won the election for Mayor of Namdong-gu, Incheon, representing the Democratic Labor Party.
Due to a conflict with the leadership of the Unified Progressive Party, he left the party on 7 September 2012, and joined the Progressive Justice Party, which was founded by former members of the Unified Progressive Party.
In the 2014 South Korean local elections, he ran for the position of Mayor of Namdong-gu as a Justice Party candidate but was defeated by Saenuri Party candidate Jang Seok-hyun. Following his unsuccessful bid for the district mayoralty, he served as an open-recruitment auditor for the Incheon Metropolitan City Office of Education.
In the 2018 South Korean local elections, he ran for the position of Mayor of Namdong-gu as a Justice Party candidate but was defeated by Democratic Party of Korea candidate Lee Kang-ho.
In the 2020 South Korean legislative election, he participated in the Justice Party's primary for proportional representation candidates, was assigned the fourth spot on the list, and was elected as a proportional representation member of the National Assembly.
Between May and September 2020, he served as the floor leader of the Justice Party.
On 26 June 2020, he was appointed as head of the People's Livelihood Headquarters.
Between May 2021 and May 2022, he served as floor leader of the Justice Party and again between May 2023 and February 2024.
In November 2023, Bae became chairman of the Emergency Response Committee of the Justice Party.
On 14 February 2024, he resigned as Floor Leader of the Green-Justice Party.
On 22 January 2025, Bae, alongside Choo Hye-seon and Yun So-ha, joined the Democratic Party.
In February 2025, he was appointed as a special advisor on public welfare to Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung.
From July 2025, he has served as Secretary for Listening to the People.
Education Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, Korea National Open University. Horary diploma in Public Administration, Graduate School of Incheon National University.
Previous convictions
Violation of the Act on Punishment of Violent Acts etc, Violation of the Act on Punishment of the Use of Molotov Cocktails, etc. Imprisonment for one year and was sentenced on June 20, 1990.
See also
Democratic Labor Party Unified Progressive Party Justice Party Democratic Party List of members of the National Assembly (South Korea), 2020–2024
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