Mun Hui-gap

Mun Hui-gap (文熹甲; born June 9, 1937) is a South Korean civil servant and politician.

Life

Mun was born on June 9, 1937, in Hwawon-myeon, Dalseong County, North Gyeongsang Province. He passed the civil service examination for administrative officials in 1967 and rose to become Vice Minister of the Economic Planning Board. He served as a member of the 12th and 13th National Assembly and as the 34th and 35th Mayor of Daegu. After retiring from public office, he became a teacher who taught Chinese characters from the Thousand Character Classic to children.¹ In 2011, he served as honorary chairman of the Daegu chapter of the Civil Committee for the New Airport Rally.

Education

• Graduate of Daegu Hwawon Elementary School
• Graduate of Daeryun Middle School
• Graduate of Gyeongbuk High School
• Bachelor of Laws, Kookmin University
• Master's degree, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University
• Completed graduate coursework at the University of Tennessee
• Honorary Doctorate in Public Administration, Kyungpook National University
• Honorary Doctorate in Urban Engineering, Keimyung University

Career

• January 26, 2011 – : Honorary chairman of the Daegu chapter of the Civil Committee for the New Airport Rally.²
• 2003: Special professor, College of Political Science and Economics, Keimyung University
• 2001: Chairman of the Organizing Committee, 2003 Daegu Summer Universiade
• 1999: Member of the Party Affairs Committee, Grand National Party
• July 1998 – October 2005: Chairman of the General Alumni Association of Kookmin University (29th, 30th, and 31st)