Rep. Nam In-soon, a four-term senior lawmaker of the Democratic Party of Korea, is running for vice speaker of the National Assembly for the second half of the 22nd National Assembly. Within the Democratic Party, she will compete against four-term Rep. Min Hong-chul.
"I am running for vice speaker of the National Assembly for the second half of the 22nd National Assembly," Nam wrote on her social media on the 3rd. "In the second year of President Lee Jae-myung's popular sovereignty government, a capable National Assembly is needed to firmly support the government's success."
"With proven leadership, rich experience and competence, and the determination and drive that have defended the three Gangnam districts, I will surely complete the reform tasks of the 22nd National Assembly," she wrote. "As vice speaker, Nam In-soon will firmly support the success of the Lee Jae-myung government."
Nam plans to officially declare her candidacy for vice speaker at a press conference at the National Assembly Communication Hall on the 4th of this month. After entering the National Assembly as a proportional representative in the 19th general election, she won elections in Songpa-C, a Democratic Party stronghold-challenged district, in the 20th, 21st, and 22nd general elections. She has served as Democratic Party Supreme Council member, women's committee chair, chair of the National Assembly Gender Equality and Family Committee, and chair of the Special Committee on Political Reform. She currently serves as chair of the Democratic Party's Special Committee on Pension Reform.
A competitive race has formed between Nam and Min for the vice speaker position allocated to the Democratic Party. Min, who represents Gimhae-A in South Gyeongsang Province, is also a four-term senior lawmaker. Both ran in the 2024 election for the leadership of the first half of the 22nd National Assembly but were defeated when Rep. Lee Hak-young was elected vice speaker.
