Cho Won-jin (born 7 January 1959) is a South Korean conservative pro-Park Geun-hye politician who served as the break-away Saenuri Party's presidential candidate in the 2017 presidential election. He had been a member of the Liberty Korea Party prior to that, representing Dalseo District, Daegu in the National Assembly since first being elected in the 2008 elections.^[1][2] Cho vowed to become "a patriotic president to set the Republic of Korea straight", and pledged to boost the status of the country's war heroes and "correct distortions" in public education allegedly resulting from the domination of teaching unions, traditionally leftist.^[3] He is a pro-China and supports common economic development between China and South Korea.^[4] He also supports Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping and his anti-corruption campaign.^[5] He has also met with Xi Jinping in 2009 as member of National Assembly.^[6] He has also previously lived and worked in China for over 15 years.

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Cho Won-jin
조원진
President of Our Republican Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 June 2019 Serving with Hong Moon-jong (until 10 February 2020)
Preceded by	Himself (as the President of Korean Patriots' Party)
Succeeded by	Party dissolved
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 May 2008
Constituency	Dalseo District
President of the Korean Patriots' Party
In office 8 July 2017 – 27 June 2019
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished (himself as the President of Our Republic)
Personal details
Born	(1959-01-07) 7 January 1959 (age 65)
Political party	Our Republic
Other political affiliations	Korean Patriots' Party (2017–2019) Saenuri Party (2017) Liberty Korea Party (until 2017)
Alma mater	Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Yeungnam University
Korean name
Hangul	조원진
Hanja	趙源震
Revised Romanization	Jo Wonjin
McCune–Reischauer	Cho Wŏnjin

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