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양금석

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항목내용
이름양금석
직책제주도의원 (남원읍·민자당)
주요 역할제주4·3도민연대 상임대표
신분4·3 피해 유족
활동 기간1991년–2000년

역할과 활동

양금석은 4·3 피해 유족이자 제주도의원으로서 1990년대 진상규명 운동의 주요 주체였다. 1991년 12월 11일 제주도의회 제69회 정례회에서 처음으로 4·3 문제를 공식적으로 제기한 인물이었다.1 이는 도의회가 4·3 문제를 공식 안건으로 다룬 첫 사례였다.1

당시 양금석 의원은 4·3의 비극을 치유하기 위한 도민 화합 방안 모색, 억울한 원혼을 달래기 위한 위령탑 건립 계획, 진상을 규명하기 위한 범도민 4·3진상위원회 설치 계획 등을 구체적으로 제시했다.2 그는 발언에서 “잘못된 역사는 되풀이하지 말아야 되고 훌륭한 역사는 전수되어야 하기 때문에 반드시 이 문제는 짚고 넘어가야 되고 밝혀야 되고 기록되어야 된다”며 진상규명의 필요성을 강조했다.3

도의회 4·3 특별위원회 구성과 활동

1991년 12월 도의회의 4·3 문제 제기 이후, 도의원들이 본격적으로 4·3 문제 해결을 위한 조직 구성에 나섰다. ‘4·3관계기구설치준비위원회’는 4·3 희생자 유족들인 김영훈·윤태현·이영길·양금석 의원으로 구성되었다.4 양금석은 이 위원회의 위원으로 활동하면서 4·3 문제 해결을 위한 도민 차원의 특별위원회 구성을 주도했다.

1992년 4월 제주도의회는 7인으로 구성된 4·3특별위원회를 정식 구성했으며, 양금석은 위원으로 선임되었다.5 초대 위원장에 김영훈, 간사에 이영길 의원이 선임되었으며, 양금석을 포함한 위원들은 도의회 차원에서 4·3의 진상규명과 명예회복을 위한 첫 제도적 노력을 기울였다.5

제주4·3도민연대 상임대표로서의 활동

1999년 3월 8일 제주4·3도민연대가 결성될 때, 양금석은 상임대표로 선임되었다.6 양금석, 김영훈, 임문철 등 3명의 상임대표 체제 속에서, 양금석은 도민연대의 중요한 정책과 행동을 주도했다. 1999년 3월 22일에는 제주4·3유족회(회장 박창욱), 제주4·3도민연대(상임대표 임문철, 양금석, 김영훈)와 공동으로 청와대에 ‘제주 4·3 문제의 조속한 해결을 위한 청원서’를 제출했다.7

특별법 제정 과정에서 양금석은 도민연대의 상임대표로서 제주 지역의 광범위한 도민을 결집시켰다. 2000년 1월 13일 특별법 서명식에는 초대된 제주 인사로 양금석 4·3도민연대 공동대표가 참석하여 이 역사적 순간을 증언했다.8 2000년 4월 1일 특별법 통과 축하 행사에도 양금석은 4·3도민연대 상임대표로 참석하여 성과를 축하했다.9

4·3 진상규명과의 관계

양금석은 1991년 도의회에서 4·3 문제를 처음 공식 제기한 인물로서, 1990년대 지방 차원의 진상규명 운동을 주도한 핵심 인물이었다. 도의원으로서의 정치적 영향력과 유족으로서의 도덕적 정당성을 바탕으로, 4·3 문제가 도민 차원의 중요한 의제로 확산되도록 했다.

도의회 4·3특별위원회에서의 활동과 4·3도민연대 상임대표로서의 역할을 통해, 양금석은 지역 기층 차원에서 진상규명 운동의 조직과 동원을 주도했다. 이는 1990년대 중반부터 시작된 전국적 범국민위원회 운동이 지방 차원에서도 굳건히 뿌리내릴 수 있도록 한 중요한 기반이 되었다.

학술적 의의

양금석의 활동은 4·3 진상규명 운동이 어떻게 중앙 중심에서 지역 기층으로 확산되었는지를 보여준다. 1991년의 도의회 발언이 1999년의 도민연대 결성으로 이어진 과정은 지역 정치인의 문제 제기가 장기적 조직화로 전환될 수 있음을 입증했다. 특히 피해 유족으로서의 신분과 지역 정치인으로서의 지위를 결합한 양금석의 활동은 과거사 해결에 있어 개인적 피해와 공적 책임이 어떻게 결합될 수 있는지를 보여주는 사례가 되었다.

Basic Information

ItemContent
NameYang Geum-seok (양금석)
TitleJeju Provincial Assemblyman (Nam-won-eup, Democratic Liberal Party)
Major RoleCo-chair of Jeju 4·3 Civic Leaders Association
StatusBereaved family member of 4·3 victims
Active Period1991–2000

Role and Activities

Yang Geum-seok was a bereaved family member of 4·3 victims and provincial assemblyman who served as a major agent of the truth-finding movement in the 1990s. On December 11, 1991, at the 69th regular session of the Jeju Provincial Assembly, he was the first to officially raise the 4·3 issue as a formal agenda item.1 This marked the assembly’s first official treatment of the 4·3 issue.1

At that session, Assemblyman Yang specifically proposed approaches to healing 4·3’s tragedy through citizen harmony, plans to construct a memorial tower for aggrieved spirits, and establishment of a pan-civic 4·3 truth-finding committee.2 In his remarks, he emphasized the necessity of truth-finding, stating: “Mistaken history must not be repeated, excellent history must be transmitted, therefore this matter must be addressed, clarified, and recorded.”3

Formation and Activities of Provincial Assembly’s 4·3 Special Committee

Following the assembly’s raising of the 4·3 issue in December 1991, assemblymen undertook formal organizational steps for solving the 4·3 problem. The “4·3-related Organization Preparatory Committee” was composed of bereaved family assemblymen Kim Young-hun, Yun Tae-hyeon, Lee Young-gil, and Yang Geum-seok.4 As a member of this committee, Yang led the drive for forming a civic-level special committee for 4·3 issue resolution.

In April 1992, the Jeju Provincial Assembly formally established a 4·3 Special Committee with seven members, with Yang appointed as a member.5 With Kim Young-hun as inaugural chair and Lee Young-gil as secretary, committee members including Yang undertook the assembly’s first institutional efforts toward 4·3 truth-finding and honor restoration.5

Activities as Co-chair of Jeju 4·3 Civic Leaders Association

When the Jeju 4·3 Civic Leaders Association was founded on March 8, 1999, Yang was appointed as co-chair.6 Within the three-member co-chair system with Yang, Kim Young-hun, and Im Mun-chul, Yang led important association policies and actions. On March 22, 1999, the Jeju 4·3 Victims and Bereaved Families Association (Chair Park Chang-uk), the 4·3 Civic Leaders Association (Co-chairs Im Mun-chul, Yang Geum-seok, Kim Young-hun), jointly submitted a petition to the Blue House for “Speedy Resolution of Jeju 4·3 Issues.”7

During the special law enactment process, as co-chair of the civic leaders association, Yang mobilized a broad range of Jeju citizens. At the special law signing ceremony on January 13, 2000, Yang attended as one of the invited Jeju figures, witnessing this historic moment.8 He also attended the special law passage celebration on April 1, 2000, as co-chair of the civic leaders association, celebrating the achievement.9

Relationship to 4·3 Truth-Finding Movement

As the person who first officially raised the 4·3 issue in the 1991 provincial assembly, Yang was a core figure leading the truth-finding movement at the local level during the 1990s. Based on his political influence as an assemblyman and moral legitimacy as a bereaved family member, he ensured that the 4·3 issue became an important civic agenda.

Through his activities in the provincial assembly’s 4·3 Special Committee and role as co-chair of the civic leaders association, Yang led the organization and mobilization of the truth-finding movement at the grassroots level. This proved to be a crucial foundation enabling the nationwide Pan-National Committee movement that began in the mid-1990s to take firm root at the local level as well.

Academic Significance

Yang’s activities demonstrate how the 4·3 truth-finding movement expanded from central-focused to grassroots levels. The progression from his 1991 assembly remarks to the 1999 founding of the civic leaders association proved that local politicians’ problem-raising could transform into long-term organization. Particularly, Yang’s combination of status as a bereaved family member with that of a regional politician became an exemplary case demonstrating how personal victimhood and public responsibility could be integrated in addressing past historical issues.

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Basic Information

ItemContent
NameYang Geum-seok (양금석)
TitleJeju Provincial Assemblyman (Nam-won-eup, Democratic Liberal Party)
Major RoleCo-chair of Jeju 4·3 Civic Leaders Association
StatusBereaved family member of 4·3 victims
Active Period1991–2000

Role and Activities

Yang Geum-seok was a bereaved family member of 4·3 victims and provincial assemblyman who served as a major agent of the truth-finding movement in the 1990s. On December 11, 1991, at the 69th regular session of the Jeju Provincial Assembly, he was the first to officially raise the 4·3 issue as a formal agenda item.10 This marked the assembly’s first official treatment of the 4·3 issue.10

At that session, Assemblyman Yang specifically proposed approaches to healing 4·3’s tragedy through citizen harmony, plans to construct a memorial tower for aggrieved spirits, and establishment of a pan-civic 4·3 truth-finding committee.11 In his remarks, he emphasized the necessity of truth-finding, stating: “Mistaken history must not be repeated, excellent history must be transmitted, therefore this matter must be addressed, clarified, and recorded.”12

Formation and Activities of Provincial Assembly’s 4·3 Special Committee

Following the assembly’s raising of the 4·3 issue in December 1991, assemblymen undertook formal organizational steps for solving the 4·3 problem. The “4·3-related Organization Preparatory Committee” was composed of bereaved family assemblymen Kim Young-hun, Yun Tae-hyeon, Lee Young-gil, and Yang Geum-seok.13 As a member of this committee, Yang led the drive for forming a civic-level special committee for 4·3 issue resolution.

In April 1992, the Jeju Provincial Assembly formally established a 4·3 Special Committee with seven members, with Yang appointed as a member.14 With Kim Young-hun as inaugural chair and Lee Young-gil as secretary, committee members including Yang undertook the assembly’s first institutional efforts toward 4·3 truth-finding and honor restoration.14

Activities as Co-chair of Jeju 4·3 Civic Leaders Association

When the Jeju 4·3 Civic Leaders Association was founded on March 8, 1999, Yang was appointed as co-chair.15 Within the three-member co-chair system with Yang, Kim Young-hun, and Im Mun-chul, Yang led important association policies and actions. On March 22, 1999, the Jeju 4·3 Victims and Bereaved Families Association (Chair Park Chang-uk), the 4·3 Civic Leaders Association (Co-chairs Im Mun-chul, Yang Geum-seok, Kim Young-hun), jointly submitted a petition to the Blue House for “Speedy Resolution of Jeju 4·3 Issues.”16

During the special law enactment process, as co-chair of the civic leaders association, Yang mobilized a broad range of Jeju citizens. At the special law signing ceremony on January 13, 2000, Yang attended as one of the invited Jeju figures, witnessing this historic moment.17 He also attended the special law passage celebration on April 1, 2000, as co-chair of the civic leaders association, celebrating the achievement.18

Relationship to 4·3 Truth-Finding Movement

As the person who first officially raised the 4·3 issue in the 1991 provincial assembly, Yang was a core figure leading the truth-finding movement at the local level during the 1990s. Based on his political influence as an assemblyman and moral legitimacy as a bereaved family member, he ensured that the 4·3 issue became an important civic agenda.

Through his activities in the provincial assembly’s 4·3 Special Committee and role as co-chair of the civic leaders association, Yang led the organization and mobilization of the truth-finding movement at the grassroots level. This proved to be a crucial foundation enabling the nationwide Pan-National Committee movement that began in the mid-1990s to take firm root at the local level as well.

Academic Significance

Yang’s activities demonstrate how the 4·3 truth-finding movement expanded from central-focused to grassroots levels. The progression from his 1991 assembly remarks to the 1999 founding of the civic leaders association proved that local politicians’ problem-raising could transform into long-term organization. Particularly, Yang’s combination of status as a bereaved family member with that of a regional politician became an exemplary case demonstrating how personal victimhood and public responsibility could be integrated in addressing past historical issues.

See Also

관련 항목

제주도의회 4·3 특별위원회 제주4·3도민연대 도의회 차원의 진상규명 운동 지역 정치와 과거사 해결

Jeju Provincial Assembly 4·3 Special Committee Jeju 4·3 Civic Leaders Association Provincial Assembly Level Truth-Finding Movement Local Politics and Past-History Resolution

Footnotes

  1. 제주4.3평화재단, 『70주년 어둠에서 빛으로』, 2018, p.547. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. 제주4.3평화재단, 『70주년 어둠에서 빛으로』, 2018, p.548. ↩ ↩2

  3. 제주4.3평화재단, 『70주년 어둠에서 빛으로』, 2018, p.549. ↩ ↩2

  4. 제주4.3평화재단, 『70주년 어둠에서 빛으로』, 2018, p.550. ↩ ↩2

  5. 제주4.3평화재단, 『70주년 어둠에서 빛으로』, 2018, p.551. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  6. 제주4.3평화재단, 『70주년 어둠에서 빛으로』, 2018, p.390. ↩ ↩2

  7. 제주4.3평화재단, 『70주년 어둠에서 빛으로』, 2018, p.391. ↩ ↩2

  8. 제주4.3평화재단, 『70주년 어둠에서 빛으로』, 2018, p.516. ↩ ↩2

  9. 제주4.3평화재단, 『70주년 어둠에서 빛으로』, 2018, p.528. ↩ ↩2

  10. Jeju 4·3 Peace Foundation, From Darkness to Light (2018), p.547. ↩ ↩2

  11. Jeju 4·3 Peace Foundation, From Darkness to Light (2018), p.548. ↩

  12. Jeju 4·3 Peace Foundation, From Darkness to Light (2018), p.549. ↩

  13. Jeju 4·3 Peace Foundation, From Darkness to Light (2018), p.550. ↩

  14. Jeju 4·3 Peace Foundation, From Darkness to Light (2018), p.551. ↩ ↩2

  15. Jeju 4·3 Peace Foundation, From Darkness to Light (2018), p.390. ↩

  16. Jeju 4·3 Peace Foundation, From Darkness to Light (2018), p.391. ↩

  17. Jeju 4·3 Peace Foundation, From Darkness to Light (2018), p.516. ↩

  18. Jeju 4·3 Peace Foundation, From Darkness to Light (2018), p.528. ↩

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