2021 People Power Party leadership election
Kim Gi-hyeon (Interim) Lee Jun-seok The People Power Party held a leadership election on 11 June 2021.On 15 January 2019, the former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn officially joined the Liberty Korea Party (LKP),[1] and after 2 weeks, he announced his bid to run for the leadership election.[10] However, as Shim also lost to Lee Jae-jung in his constituency, the party soon elected Joo Ho-young as the new parliamentary leader; he also automatically became the acting president on 8 May.[11][12] On 22 May, the party agreed to establish the Emergency Response Committee, led by Kim Chong-in, where the term was set until the by-elections on 7 April 2021.[25][26] On 10 May, Joo Ho-young, the MP for Suseong 1st, as well as the former interim President of the party, officially launched a bid for the leadership election.[27] On 14 May, Kim Eun-hye, the MP for Bundang 1st, announced her campaign to become the President of the People Power Party (PPP) that was vacant following the resignation of Hwang Kyo-ahn.