Ahn Cheol-soo | |
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안철수 | |
Chairman of the People's Party | |
In office 2 February 2016 – 29 June 2016 Serving with Chun Jung-bae | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Park Jie-won |
Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 25 April 2013 – 15 April 2017 | |
Preceded by | Roh Hoe-chan |
Succeeded by | TBD |
Constituency | Seoul Nowon C |
Chairman of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy | |
In office 26 March 2014 – 31 July 2014 Serving with Kim Han-gil | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Moon Jae-in |
Personal details | |
Born | Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea | February 26, 1962
Nationality | South Korean |
Political party | People's Party (2016–present) |
Other political affiliations | Independent (2013–14; 2015–16) NPAD (2014–15) |
Spouse(s) | Kim Mi-kyung |
Children | 1 daughter |
Alma mater | Seoul National University University of Pennsylvania |
Occupation | Physician Professor Software entrepreneur –present |
Known for | V3 (antivirus software) |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | South Korea |
Branch/service | Republic of Korea Navy |
Years of service | 1992–1994 |
Rank | Daewi |
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Ahn Cheol-soo | |
Hangul | 안철수 |
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Hanja | 安哲秀 |
Revised Romanization | An Cheol-su |
McCune–Reischauer | An Ch'ŏlsu |
Ahn Cheol-soo (born February 26, 1962) is a Korean businessman, doctor and professor.[3] He is famous as the developer of the computer anti-virus software program, V3. He is the founder and CEO of the Ahn Lab. He is now a professor at Seoul National University.
Ahn was the People's Party nominee for the presidential election in 2017. He was most recently a founding co-leader of the People's Party alongside Chun Jung-bae.[4]