Several-time mayor of Daejeon and former presidential political secretary; scholar-politician
| Life | 1944 |
| Era | 현대 |
| Clan | 파주 염씨 |
Yeom Hong-cheol (廉弘喆, born 1944) is a politician and scholar of the Paju Yeom clan, born on 6 August 1944 in Chaeun-myeon, Nonsan County, South Chungcheong. He studied political science and diplomacy at Kyung Hee University (1972), earned a master's in public administration at Yonsei's Graduate School of Public Administration (1974) and a PhD in political science at Chung-Ang University (1981), and completed doctoral coursework at Columbia University (1983).
He was a professor at Kyungnam University and presidential political secretary (1988-1993), and was mayor of Daejeon in 1993-1995 (appointed), 2002-2006 (3rd popularly elected term) and 2010-2014 (5th and 6th terms). In 2006-2007 he chaired the 7th Special Committee on Small and Medium Enterprises.
He was president of the Saemaul Undong Central Committee in 2021-2022. As a living person, this entry summarizes only the public career in Wikipedia, and recent activities were not checked.
Appointed mayor 1993-1995, popularly elected 3rd term 2002-2006 and 5th-6th terms 2010-2014.