For the first time, a primary election will be held on January 8 for the 39th president
Jan 03, 2025
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The presidential election will be held using the National Election Commission's online voting system for four hours from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Jan. 8 by 217 electors selected from representatives, city and provincial judo officials, city and county judo officials, professional athletes, daily sports athletes, leaders, and judges.
Cho Yong-chul (No. 1, a professor at Yongin University), the current chairman of the Korea Judo Association, and Kang Dong-young (No. 2, deputy secretary general of the International Sports Federation) registered as candidates in the presidential election, which will be held for the first time in the plenary session.
Candidate Cho Yong-chul, who was born in 1961, is from Yongin University, Myongji University, and Sejong University, and has served as the secretary-general of the Asian Judo Federation and the director of the Korean Sports Association, and has served as the chairman of the Asian Judo Federation and the chairman of the Asian Judo Federation's Education Supply Committee from 2021 to the present.
Candidate No. 2 Kang Dong-young, who was born in 1974, was a former Yongin University-Korea Sports University (Master) and served as a director of the Korea Sports Association's Sports Association, and served at the Korea Judo Association Office from March 2022 to November last year. He is retired as the secretary general.
The term of office of the 39th president elected through this election is from January 23, 2025, the date of the general meeting, to the day before the 2029 general meeting.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
