National Assembly member (8th-10th); Minister of Health and Social Affairs
| Life | 1930 ~ 1999 |
| Era | 대한민국 |
| Clan | 영양 천씨 |
Cheon Myeong-gi (1930-1999) was a South Korean politician of the Yeongyang Cheon clan from Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi. He was born on 5 August 1930 and died on 17 December 1999. He graduated from Gyeongbok High School and Seoul National University's law college and completed an executive program at its graduate school.
As a New Democratic Party member he served in the 8th, 9th and 10th National Assemblies, winning Yeoju-Yangpyeong in the 8th and the Yeoncheon-Pocheon-Gapyeong-Yangpyeong district in the 9th and 10th. From September 1980 to May 1982 he was Minister of Health and Social Affairs in Prime Minister Nam Duck-woo's cabinet.
Beyond politics he was chief executive of Wooshin Pharmaceutical, head of the Korea Textile Association, chairman of the Korea National Oil Corporation and head of the Korea Food Industry Association. He ran as a Democratic Justice Party candidate in Jungnang-gu Eul, Seoul in the 1988 general election and lost.
Cheon Myeong-gi was elected three times from districts in the northeastern part of Gyeonggi. He started as an opposition politician in the New Democratic Party yet served as a minister in the 1980 government; the background of this was not confirmed here.
He also held posts as head of a pharmaceutical firm and chief of the textile and food industry associations.
His specific activities in the Assembly and policies as minister were not confirmed in this research. This introduction relies on a brief Wikipedia description, so details should be checked in Assembly records.