Sohn Hye-won

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In this Korean name, the family name is Sohn.
Sohn Hye-won
Hangul
손혜원
Revised RomanizationSon Hyewon
McCune–ReischauerSon Hyewŏn

Sohn Hye-won (Korean: 손혜원; born on February 15, 1955) is a brand designer[1][2] and politician[3][4] in South Korea. While working as a brand designer, she created names and logos for several famous brands, including Innisfree, TVING, Chamisul and others. She entered politics and served as a member of the 20th National Assembly.[5]

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She was born in Seoul in 1955 as the daughter of Son Yong-woo, an independence activist who involved in communist activities at Communist Party of Korea.[6] After graduating from the Hongik University in 1977, she got a job as a designer in the planning department of Hyundai Corporation, temporary worked at a company called Design Focus, and co-founded Crosspoint, a design branding company, in 1986. She was invited to become the head of public relations at the New Politics Alliance for Democracy in 2015.[7] She runs for the 2016 South Korean legislative election and elected as a lawmaker. She left the Democratic Party of Korea after requesting an official investigation into the accusations that she made real estate investments under other people's name.[3] In 2024 she involved in the founding of the Pine Tree Party,[4] a party that made by Song Yong-gil former Mayor of Incheon.

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  1. ^ "Branding expert to open lacquerware museum in November". koreatimes. 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  2. ^ "[Editorial] Now we can only abolish this ridiculous faux "Creative Korea" slogan" (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  3. ^ a b "Sohn leaves party but calls for investigation". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  4. ^ a b "Sohn Hye-won, a former lawmaker who headed the campaign committee of the Pine Tree Party led by Song.. - MK". 매일경제. 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  5. ^ "대한민국국회". www.assembly.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  6. ^ "보훈처 "손혜원 의원 부친 독립유공자 선정 기준 따라 정상적으로"". KBS 뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  7. ^ Hye-ri, Bak Yeong-hwan, Sim (2015-07-27). "Chief of Public Relations Sohn Hye-won's New Image of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy". 경향신문 (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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