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Woo Hee-jong (Korean: 우희종, born 21 January 1958) is a South Korean educator and politician. He has been a professor of veterinary science at Seoul National University since 1992. He was one of the co-Presidents of the Platform Party, along with Choi Bae-geun.
Born in Seoul, Woo earned a bachelor's degree in veterinary science at Seoul National University in 1981. He then continued his postgraduate studies at University of Tokyo. Following the graduation, he worked as a lecturer at University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University and Boston University. In 2020, he established a new party, For the Citizens, in which was later renamed as the Platform Party.
Woo harshly criticised the-then President Lee Myung-bak for importing American beef to South Korea, which was related to mad cow disease. Critics denounced him for exaggerating the disease.
