Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea

The **Speaker of the National Assembly** () is the presiding officer of the National Assembly of South Korea.

## List of speakers

|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Portrait|rowspan="2" width="160"|Name|colspan="3"|Term of office|rowspan="2"|Political party|rowspan="2"|Constituency|rowspan="2"|Legislature||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Rhee Syng-man**|31 May 1948|24 July 1948||NARRKI|Dongdaemun A, Seoul|rowspan="2"|1948 South Korean Constitutional Assembly election|||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Shin Ik-hee**|rowspan="2"|4 August 1948|rowspan="2"|30 May 1954|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|NARRKI|rowspan="2"|Gwangju, Gyeonggi||
|2nd|||||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Lee Ki-poong**|rowspan="2"|9 June 1954|rowspan="2"|28 April 1960|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Liberal|Seodaemun B, Seoul|3rd||
|Icheon, Gyeonggi|rowspan="2"|4th|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Kwak Sang-hoon**|rowspan="2"|2 May 1960|rowspan="2"|16 May 1961|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Democratic|rowspan="2"|Incheon B, Gyeonggi||
|5th|||||||||||||||
|colspan="9"|_Office vacant (16 May 1961 – 17 December 1963)_||||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|****|rowspan="2"|17 December 1963|rowspan="2"|30 June 1971|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Democratic Republican|rowspan="2"|Nam, Daegu, North Gyeongsang|6th|
|7th|||||||||||||||
||**Baek Du-jin**|26 July 1971|17 October 1972||Democratic Republican|National PR|8th||||||||
||**Chung Il-kwon**|12 March 1973|11 March 1979||Democratic Republican|Sokcho–Inje– Goseong–Yangyang, Gangwon|9th||||||||
||**Baek Du-jin**|17 March 1979|17 December 1979||Democratic Republican|Presidential appointee|rowspan="2"|10th|||||||
||****|18 December 1979|27 October 1980||Democratic Republican|Jongno–Jung, Seoul|||||||||
||**Jeong Rae-hyuk**|11 April 1981|10 April 1983||Democratic Justice|Damyang– Gokseong–Hwasun, South Jeolla|rowspan="2"|11th|||||||
||****|11 April 1983|10 April 1985||Democratic Justice|Mungyeong–Yecheon, North Gyeongsang|||||||||
||****|13 May 1985|29 May 1988||Democratic Justice|National PR|12th||||||||
||**Kim Jae-soon**|30 May 1988|29 May 1990||Democratic Justice|Hwacheon–Cheorwon, Gangwon|rowspan="2"|13th|||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|****|rowspan="2"|30 May 1990|rowspan="2"|30 March 1993|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Democratic Liberal|Dong, Daegu|||
|Dong B, Daegu|rowspan="4"|14th|||||||||||||
||****|31 March 1993|26 April 1993||Democratic Liberal|Changwon B, South Gyeongsang|||||||||
||****|27 April 1993|28 June 1994||Democratic Liberal|National PR|||||||||
||****|29 June 1994|29 May 1996||Democratic Liberal|Changwon B, South Gyeongsang|||||||||
||****|4 July 1996|29 May 1998||New Korea|National PR|rowspan="2"|15th|||||||
||****|3 August 1998|29 May 2000||United Liberal Democrats|Jung, Daegu|||||||||
||****|5 June 2000|29 May 2002||Millennium Democratic|National PR|rowspan="2"|16th|||||||
||****|8 July 2002|29 May 2004||Grand National|Dongnae, Busan|||||||||
||****|5 June 2004|29 May 2006||Uri|Jeongeup, North Jeolla|rowspan="2"|17th|||||||
||****|19 June 2006|29 May 2008||Uri|Nowon C, Seoul|||||||||
||**Kim Hyong-o**|10 July 2008|29 May 2010||Grand National|Yeongdo, Busan|rowspan="3"|18th|||||||
||****|8 June 2010|27 February 2012||Grand National|Yangsan, South Gyeongsang|||||||||
||**Chung Eui-hwa**|27 February 2012|29 May 2012||Saenuri|Jung–Dong, Busan|||||||||
||**Kang Chang-hee**|1 July 2012|29 May 2014||Saenuri|Jung, Daejeon|rowspan="2"|19th|||||||
||**Chung Eui-hwa**|30 May 2014|29 May 2016||Saenuri|Jung–Dong, Busan|||||||||
||**Chung Sye-kyun**|9 June 2016|29 May 2018||Democratic|Jongno, Seoul|rowspan="2"|20th|||||||
||**Moon Hee-sang**|13 July 2018|29 May 2020||Democratic|Uijeongbu A, Gyeonggi|||||||||
||**Park Byeong-seug**|5 June 2020|29 May 2022||Democratic|Seo A, Daejeon|rowspan="2"|21st|||||||
||**Kim Jin-pyo**|4 July 2022|29 May 2024||Democratic|Suwon E, Gyeonggi|||||||||
||**Woo Won-shik**|5 June 2024|_Incumbent_||Independent|Nowon A, Seoul|22nd||||||||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Speaker
- **body**: the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea
- **native name lang**: ko
- **insignia**: Emblem of the National Assembly of Korea.svg
- **insigniasize**: 100px
- **insigniacaption**: Emblem of South Korea#Gallery, Emblem of the National Assembly
- **flag**: Flag of the National Assembly of Korea.svg
- **flagsize**: 125px
- **flagcaption**: Flag of the National Assembly
- **image**: File:Woo Won-shik (2023-11-01).jpg
- **incumbent**: Woo Won-shik
- **incumbentsince**: 5 June 2024
- **department**: National Assembly (South Korea), National Assembly
- **style**: * Mr Speaker

* The Right Honourable
(formal)
- **status**: Chairperson, Presiding officer
- **seat**: National Assembly (South Korea), National Assembly, Seoul, South Korea
- **appointer**: National Assembly (South Korea), National Assembly
- **termlength**: Two years
- **constituting instrument**: Constitution of South Korea
- **deputy**: Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea
- **residence**: Gukhoeuijang Gonggwan
- **salary**: US$115,000
- **first**: Syngman Rhee
- **website**: [http://korea.assembly.go.kr/ korea.assembly.go.kr]