Politician who served in the 11th, 13th and 14th National Assemblies
| Life | 1942 |
| Era | 현대 |
| Clan | 덕수 장씨 |
Jang Gyeong-u (張慶宇, born 12 April 1942) is a politician born in Siheung, Gyeonggi, listed on Korean Wikipedia as of the Deoksu clan. He entered the National Assembly in 1981 as a proportional-representation member of the Democratic Justice Party at the 11th general election, and won the Ansan-Ongjin constituency in 1988 (13th) and 1992 (14th, Democratic Liberal Party), serving three terms.
He chaired the Assembly's Communications and Science Technology Committee and served as deputy floor leader of the Democratic Justice Party and deputy secretary-general of the Democratic Liberal Party. Beyond politics he held sports posts such as vice-president of the Korea Football Association and head of the Olympic football delegation, and business posts including chief executive of Dongseo Securities.
He ran for Gyeonggi governor in 1995 as a Democratic Party candidate and finished second, and later stood in several elections without winning. He is listed as a director and vice-chairman of the Constitutional Politics Association and an adviser to the People Power Party.
He sat as a proportional-representation member in the 11th Assembly and for the Ansan-Ongjin constituency in the 13th and 14th. He later stood in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 general elections and a 2009 by-election without winning. This entry restates only public Wikipedia information in a neutral way.