Kim Bo-ra (politician)

Kim Bo-ra (Korean: 김보라; Hanja: 金補羅; born 8 September 1969) is a South Korean politician serving as mayor of Anseong in Gyeonggi Province having taken office in April 2020. She is the city's first ever female mayor.^[1]

Before entering politics in 2014, Kim led various non-governmental organisations on social enterprise, medical cooperatives and local social welfare.^[2]

In the 2014 election, Kim was placed as number 3 of the proportional list of her party for Gyeonggi Provincial legislature. Since then, she took numerous roles in Gyeonggi Assembly, Gyeonggi branch of her party and her party at Gyeonggi Assembly.^[2] She also took multiple roles in her party - vice chair of its Social economy Committee, Special Committee on Fine Dust and Women's Committee as well as director of Social Economy centre of party thinktank.^[3]

Before running for mayor, Kim was the deputy spokesperson of her party.^[4]

In the 2020 by-election Kim ran for Mayor of Anseong - the post vacated by Woo Seok-jae (Korean: 우석제) from her party who was removed from the office after the Supreme Court found Woo guilty of breaking the election law.^[5][6]

Kim was previously an adjunct professor of nursing at Sangmyung University from 2013 to 2014 and Soonchunhyang University from 2005 to 2007 as well as a visiting professor at Hanshin University from 2017 to 2018.^[2]

Kim holds two degrees - a bachelor in nursing from Yonsei University and a master's in social welfare from Pyeongtaek University.^[6]