Educator and politician; president of the University of Seoul; member of the 10th and 11th National Assemblies
| Life | 1927 ~ 2020 |
| Era | 현대 |
| Clan | 경주 정씨 |
Jeong Hui-chae (1927-2020) graduated in law from Seoul National University and earned a master's and doctorate in political science at the University of Pennsylvania. He served as professor of political science at Penn, professor and dean of the Graduate School of Public Administration at Pusan National University, and as an examiner of the high civil service law exam.
In politics he entered the 10th National Assembly in 1978 as a member of the Yujeonghoe nominated through the National Conference for Unification, and was elected to the 11th Assembly in 1981 as number 29 on the Democratic Justice Party proportional list, serving until 1985. He concurrently held the post of Vice Minister of Education, and served as president of the University of Seoul and secretary-general of the Korean National Commission for UNESCO, later working as an endowed professor at Inje University.
He died on 24 January 2020; three children are recorded: Jeong Jong-gyu, Jeong Mi-gyeong and Jeong Gyeong-gyu.
Jeong Hui-chae's career joins an academic path between the United States and Korea with work in the National Assembly. Wikipedia does not give all tenures, so the period of his presidency of the University of Seoul could not be confirmed. His entry into the 10th Assembly as a Yujeonghoe member must be understood in light of the politics of the time, so evaluation is left to the reader.
Jeong Hui-chae was born on 1 September 1927 and died on 24 January 2020. Wikipedia does not give tenures for most of his posts or his birthplace, so the exact years of his presidency of the University of Seoul and as secretary-general of the UNESCO commission must be checked in official histories. The Chinese characters of his name could not be confirmed and are left blank.
Children are given as Jeong Jong-gyu, Jeong Mi-gyeong and Jeong Gyeong-gyu.