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Sohn Hye-won
South Korean politician (born 1955)
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Sohn Hye-won (Korean: 손혜원; born on February 15, 1955) is a brand designer[1][2] and politician[3][4][unreliable source?] 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]
Biography
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.