Young-rok Yoo is an administrator specializing in Urban Public Administration. In 2010, he was elected mayor of Gimpo City, his hometown, and is now serving a second term after being reelected. He graduated from the Department of Philosophy at Sogang University (Bachelor of Literature, 1988) and the Graduate School of Public Policy at Sogang University (Master of Public Administration, 2002). He completed the Doctor’s Course at the University of Seoul Department of Urban Administration (2009) and the Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Administration (2011). He was chairman of the Gyeonggi Provincial Council Planning Committee as a reelected Council member. He was alsoan adviser of the Roh Moo-hyun government’s Presidential Committee on Balanced National Development, an adviser of the Democratic Policy Research Institution, chairman of the Wide Area Special Traffic Committee in the Gyeonggi Province branch of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy, and an adviser of the Democratic Policy Research Institution. He is currentlythe Gyeonggi Province chairman of the Korean Association of Lifelong Learning Cities.