Lee Saemin

Lee Saemin (Zhenian: 이세민/李世民) is a Zhenian politician and statesman who has been the 16th and current Chancellor of Zhenia since January 1, 1608 AC.

Born in Sinsa-gu, Daedo in 1543 AC, Lee Saemin graduated from the University of Daedo, with a Diploma in Economics,. He served in the Republic of Zhenia Defense Forces from 1976 to 1979 as an officer, when he was voluntarily discharged prior to the November Revolution. After ending his service in the military, he worked as an in Daeshan Securities until 1987, when he started his public career as a deputy officer in the Board of Inspection. His position in the Board of Inspection was eventually elevated to Director in 1995, making him the youngest Director of the Board of Inspection in Zhenian history after the Second Great War. He is known for his accomplishments in the anti-corruption crackdown against high-ranking governmental officials in 1997, having spearheaded the process against several associates of then-Premier Park Junghwan. He resigned from the position the same year amid political pressure from the Park Junghwan Administration.

He started his political career shortly after ending his public career, starting from the elections of Daedo's Special City Administrator in 2001. Spearheading several infrastructure projects in Shin Daedo as well as the restoration of historic green zones within the city, he became the first Special City Administrator after the Second Great War to be re-elected, with his two terms ending in 2009. He went further to run for a representative in the National Assembly and won the by-election in 2010 over one of the representatives for Daedo's Ma Electoral District. After serving his term as the Sangseowon Representative in the same district from 2012 to 2017, he began his political campaign campaign for chancellor and won the 2017 election for Chancellor on October 21, 2017. His term, alongside that of Kim Junghun as Premier, began on January 1, 2018.

Early life and education
Lee Saemin was born on July 20, 1953, in Gwangseong National University Medical Center, in Gwangseong, Gyeongcheon Province, between Lee Sugwang, a in the medical center, and Kim Miae, an officer in the then-reinstated Republic of Zhenia Navy. Growing up in the Jinhae-gu district of the city, he is said to have witnessed the economic reconstruction of the nation at an early age. Although he learned and spoke Zhenian as a first language, he developed an interest in the early on, eventually being fluent in both languages by the age of 10.

Lee Saemin at an early age studied at Sungjin Primary School in Gwangseong, until his mother was dispatched to the Navy's Third Fleet when he was 11. While his family resided in Zhuhae, he attended the Gwangmu Academy in 1964, one of the most prestigious pre-tertiary institutions in the nation.

November Revolution
In the months leading to the November Revolution, divisions under the command of the Central Command, which included Lee Saemin's and associated military units stationed around the city, were called on to maintain order around Daedo and adjoining cities in Chungmu Province.

Chancellor
On February 17, 2017, Lee Saemin resigned from the position of Sangseowon Representative of Daedo's "Ma" Electoral District and announced plans to run for Chancellor as a candidate of the New Nationalist Party the same day. He was selected as the Chancellor candidate of the party following a landslide victory in the party-wide elections and several endorsement speeches in the New Nationalist Party's national convention in Daedo on May 31, 2017.