Ahn Sang-soo (hangul:안상수, hanja:安商守, born February 9, 1946, in Changwon) is a South Korean politician. He was chairman of the Grand National Party, the precursor to the Saenuri Party. He was the Mayor of Changwon from 2014 to 2018. He hopes to improve that city's bicycle-sharing plan.

Controversies

He mistook thermos flasks as North Korean artillery shells in a bombed-out house afflicted after the Bombardment of Yeonpyeong. This has stirred controversies in the National Assembly of South Korea.

Ahn Sang-soo (Changwon mayor)

References

External links

Profile on city of Changwon website

Official Website

Copy of official website at Archive.org

Members of the National Assembly (South Korea) Living people 1946 births Seoul National University School of Law alumni Mayors of places in South Korea South Korean prosecutors Sang-soo

Ahn Sang-soo (Changwon mayor)