Lawyer and politician who served in the 9th, 10th and 13th National Assembly
| Life | 1940 |
| Era | 대한민국 |
| Clan | 보성 오씨 |
O Yu-bang (吳有邦) is a South Korean lawyer and politician born on 18 September 1940 in Hyeondo-myeon, Cheongju County, North Chungcheong (now Hyeondo-myeon, Seowon-gu, Cheongju) under Japanese rule; his seat is Boseong. He graduated from the law college of Seoul National University in public administration in 1963 and was discharged from the army as a captain.
From 1968 he was active in the Democratic Republican Party, serving as deputy spokesman, chair of the policy committee and deputy floor leader. He lost in Seodaemun A in the 8th general election (1971), but won in Seodaemun in the 9th (1973) and 10th (1978) and in Eunpyeong A in the 13th (1988), serving three terms. He lost in the 14th (1992) and 15th (1996).
His party affiliations changed many times, including the Democratic Republican, Democratic Justice, Democratic Liberal, New Korea, Democratic, National Congress for New Politics, Millennium Democratic, Grand National, New Politics Alliance and Democratic parties; Wikipedia summarizes that he left the party in 2016 and retired from politics. He is said to have worked as a lawyer afterward. As he is living, this page keeps to his public career.