Moon Hee-sang facts for kids

Quick facts for kids The Right Honourable Moon Hee-sang
문희상
Speaker of the National Assembly
In office 13 July 2018 – 29 May 2020
President	Moon Jae-in
Deputy	Lee Ju-young Joo Seung-yong
Preceded by	Chung Sye-kyun
Succeeded by	Park Byeong-seug
Chairman of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy Interim
In office 28 September 2014 – 9 February 2015
Preceded by	Park Young-sun (Interim)
Succeeded by	Moon Jae-in
Chairman of the Democratic Party Interim
In office 9 January 2013 – 4 May 2013
Preceded by	Lee Hae-chan
Succeeded by	Kim Han-gil
Chairman of the Uri Party
In office 2 April 2005 – 28 October 2005
Preceded by	Lim Chae-jeong (Interim)
Succeeded by	Chung Sye-kyun (Interim)
Member of the National Assembly
In office 14 July 2004 – 29 May 2020
Preceded by	Hong Moon-jong
Succeeded by	Oh Young-hwan
Constituency	Uijeongbu A
In office 30 May 2000 – 7 March 2003
Preceded by	Hong Moon-jong
Succeeded by	Hong Moon-jong
Constituency	Uijeongbu
In office 30 May 1992 – 29 May 1996
Preceded by	Kim Moon-won
Succeeded by	Hong Moon-jong
Constituency	Uijeongbu
Chief of Staff to the President
In office 25 February 2003 – 13 July 2004
President	Roh Moo-hyun
Preceded by	Park Jie-won
Succeeded by	Kim Woo-shik
Personal details
Born	(1945-03-03) 3 March 1945 (age 79) Yangju, Japanese Korea
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Seoul National University
Military service
Allegiance	South Korea
Branch/service	Republic of Korea Navy
Rank	lieutenant
Korean name
Hangul	문희상
Hanja	文喜相
Revised Romanization	Mun Huisang
McCune–Reischauer	Mun Hŭisang

Moon Hee-sang (Korean: 문희상; Hanja: 文喜相; born 3 March 1945) is a South Korean politician. He has a bachelor's degree in law from Seoul National University. He is a member of the National Assembly, and was the interim leader of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy from 2014 to 2015.

On 13 July 2018, he was elected as the new Speaker of the National Assembly.