Ahn Sang-soo (Incheon mayor)

Ahn Sang-soo (Korean: 안상수; Hanja: 安相洙; RR: An Sangsu; born 28 May 1946) is a South Korean politician of the People Power Party who served as two-time mayor of Incheon from 2002 to 2010. In the 2010 local elections he lost his position to Song Young-gil of the Democratic Party.^[1] He was a candidate for the Saenuri nomination in the 2012 presidential elections.^[2] As mayor, Ahn was responsible for initiating a range of expensive construction projects which have been implicated in causing financial difficulties.^[3]

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Ahn Sang-soo
안상수
Member of the National Assembly
In office 4 June 1999 – 29 May 2000
Preceded by	Kim Du-seop
Succeeded by	Song Young-gil
Constituency	Gyeyang-Ganghwa A (Incheon)
In office 30 April 2015 – 29 May 2020
Preceded by	Ahn Deok-su
Succeeded by	Lee Hak-jae, Shin Dong-kun
Constituency	Seo District-Ganghwa B(2015–2016) Jung District-Dong District-Ganghwa-Ongjin(2016–2020)
Mayor of Incheon
In office 1 July 2002 – 30 June 2010
Preceded by	Choi Ki-sun
Succeeded by	Song Young-gil
Personal details
Born	(1946-05-28) 28 May 1946 (age 78) Seosan, South Chungcheong, USAMGIK
Political party	People Power Party
Spouse	Jeong Gyeong-im
Alma mater	Seoul National University
Religion	Christian(Methodist)

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On November 22, 2019, while serving in the National Assembly representing the opposition Liberty Korea party, he introduced an amendment to remove homophobia and transphobia from a list of violations of an anti-discrimination law.^[4] He used a poster that compared homosexual marriage to a picture of a woman marrying a dog.^[5]