36th Mayor of Busan and five-term lawmaker
| Life | 1952 |
| Era | 현대 |
| Clan | 달성 서씨 |
Seo Byeong-su (徐秉洙, born 9 January 1952) is a South Korean businessman and politician of the Dalseong Seo clan. He graduated in economics from Sogang University, took a master's degree there and a doctorate in economics at Northern Illinois University. After working as president of Ujin Service and as an adjunct professor, he entered politics and was elected head of Haeundae District in Busan (the second popularly elected term) in 2000.
He became a member of the 16th National Assembly in a by-election in August 2002 for Haeundae-Gijang A and was re-elected in the 17th, 18th and 19th general elections. In the Assembly he served as floor deputy leader and policy committee chair of the Grand National Party, head of its Yeouido Institute and chair of the Strategy and Finance Committee, and in 2012 as secretary-general of the Saenuri Party. Elected in the sixth local elections of June 2014, he took office as the 36th Mayor of Busan on 1 July and served until June 2018, also serving as vice chair of the Council of Governors and Mayors.
In 2020 he won the 21st general election in Busanjin-gu A for his fifth term. In the 21st Assembly he sat on the Strategy and Finance and Education committees, chaired confirmation-hearing special committees and the special committee supporting Busan's bid for the 2030 World Expo, and was chair of the People Power Party's national committee. Because assessments of his city policy and party activity differ, only public career records are given. As he is a living person, family and private matters are omitted.
In the Assembly he served on the Environment and Labor, Special Budget and Accounts, Public Administration and Finance and Economy committees, and in 2010 became a Supreme Council member of the Grand National Party. In 2016-2017 he was vice chair of the 10th Council of Governors and Mayors, in 2021 head of the People Power Party's presidential primary preparation committee, and for the 2024 general election he led the party's Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam regional campaign committee.
Sogang University economics and graduate school, then a doctorate in economics at Northern Illinois University. After serving as a company president and university lecturer he was elected head of Haeundae District.
He served in the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 21st National Assemblies, including as chair of the Strategy and Finance Committee and as policy chair and secretary-general of his party.
He served as the 36th Mayor of Busan from July 2014 to June 2018.