Throw Senator … 3 Suh Se-jung candidate at the Seoul National University

The emeritus professor of natural sciences, Se Sung Jeong (65 years old, photo) has been selected as the final candidate of the 27th president of the SNU. It has been only four months since Professor Kang Dae-hee, the last presidential candidate in July, resigned due to plagiarism and badual harbadment.

The Seoul National University Board of Directors met on the morning of December 27 at the Hoam Professor Hall, on the Gwanak campus in Seoul, and decided to select the Honorary Professor of the University of Seoul. Professor Oh as the final candidate. Nine of the 14 board members reportedly gave a vote to the honorary professor. Previously, the honorary professor had taken first place in the evaluation of staff and student policy, which was conducted by the president's recommendation committee for five preliminary candidates.

The President of the Seoul National University, when the board of directors decides on the final candidate, is last appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Minister of Education. The term is four years. If Moon Jae-in appoints President Lee, his term will start from the end of next month to the beginning of next year. "I am going to make the decision of the board of directors heavily," said Oh in a phone conversation with the chairman of the board shortly after the announcement of the board.

Professor Oh Yoon-hee was chosen for the third challenge after being introduced to the 2010 and 2014 presidential elections. In 2014, it was the first place in the evaluation of policies at the University. 39th century, but it was controversial at the university because Professor Sung-nin Kim had graduated from second place on the board of directors. He joined the National Assembly as a proportional representative of the National People's Party (now the right-wing party) in the 2016 general election. He resigned from his mandate as a member of the National Assembly, stating that "the Seoul National University is in crisis".

He was born in Seoul in 1953 and graduated from Gyeonggi University and Seoul National University. After graduating from Stanford University, he became a professor of physics and astronomy at Seoul National University. in 1984. It is the first time that he was a professor of physics at the Seoul National University. In addition, after 23rd President Chung Un-chan, Lee Min-moo, the former president of Sung-Na Oh, will continue to note that the five presidents are from Gyeonggi. The brother-in-law of Oh, his brother-in-law, is the director of Hong Sang-soo, and his mother-in-law is the first Korean filmmaker.

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