Former Minister of Planning and Budget and president of Honam University, later a three-term lawmaker (18th-20th Assemblies)
| Life | 1952 |
| Era | 현대 |
| Clan | 흥덕 장씨 |
Jang Byeong-wan (b. 1952) is a civil servant and politician of the Heungdeok Jang clan. Korean Wikipedia says he was born on May 5, 1952 in Naju (also classed as from Gokseong), South Jeolla, graduated from Gwangju First High School and the Department of International Trade at Seoul National University, holds a master's in public policy from the University of Wisconsin and a doctorate in public administration from Chung-Ang University, and left the Marine Corps as a lieutenant.
He passed the 17th higher civil service examination in 1975 and held posts including head of budget management at the Economic Planning Board and director-general for fund policy and budget office chief at the Ministry of Planning and Budget. He was 5th Vice Minister (February 2005-July 2006) and 7th Minister of Planning and Budget (July 2006-February 2008), and from April 2008 to June 2010 the 10th president of Honam University.
He was elected for Nam District, Gwangju in the July 2010 by-election (18th Assembly), re-elected in the 19th and again in the 20th (Dong-gu and Nam-gu A), chairing the Budget and Accounts Committee (2014-2016) and the Trade, Industry and Energy Committee and serving as policy chief of the People's Party and floor leader of the Democracy and Peace Party (Feb 2018-May 2019). He lost in 2020. Korean Wikipedia records that real-estate and asset allegations were raised at the 2006 confirmation hearing and afterward, together with his explanations.
Korean Wikipedia records his path from the Uri Party (2006-2007) through independent status, the Grand Unified Democratic New Party, the United Democratic Party and Democratic Party, the Democratic United Party, the New Politics Alliance, the Democratic Party of Korea, the People's Party (2016-2018), the Democracy and Peace Party (2018-2019), and others to the Democracy and Peace Party again in 2025. He has been an outside director of Cheil Worldwide since March 2022 and an endowed professor at Honam University since September 2020.