Kim Min-seok (Korean: 김민석, born 29 May 1964) is a South Korean activist, educator and politician. He was the Member of the National Assembly for Yeongdeungpo 2nd constituency from 1996 to 2002. Born in Seoul, Kim has degrees from Seoul National University, Columbia University, Harvard University, Tsinghua University and Rutgers University – New Brunswick. He was detained for occupying the American Culture Centre in Seoul. He was elected to the National Assembly in the 1996 election. He was one of rising stars of the Democrats but fell down when he competed as the Mayor of Seoul in the 2002 local elections but lost to Lee Myung-bak who later became the President of the Republic. He was not able to make a comeback, until he was elected again as the MP for Yeongdeungpo 2nd in the 2020 electio