title: Sohn Hak-kyu
text: # Sohn Hak-kyu
  
  Sohn Hak-kyu (born 22 November 1947) is a South Korean politician and the former governor of Gyeonggi-do, the most populous province in Korea. He became a politician in 1996 as a congressman of Grand National Party, and became a governor of Gyeonggi-do in 2002. He was the leader of the liberal Democratic Party. Sohn announced he was running in the 2022 presidential election as an independent candidate, but subsequently withdrew his candidacy.
  
  A Kyunggi High School and Seoul National University graduate, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford.
  
  His daughter, Sohn Won-pyung, is a novelist.
  
  