Lee Hong-koo

Lee Hong-koo
이홍구
Lee in 1999
Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
17 December 1994 – 18 December 1995
PresidentKim Young-sam
Preceded byLee Yung-dug
Succeeded byLee Soo-sung
South Korean Ambassador to the United States
In office
28 April 1998 – 1 August 2000
PresidentKim Dae-jung
Preceded byPark Kun-woo
Succeeded byYang Sung-chul
Personal details
Born (1934-05-09) 9 May 1934 (age 90)
Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Alma materEmory University (BA)
Yale University (MA, PhD)
Lee Hong-koo
Hangul
이홍구
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Honggu
McCune–ReischauerI Hongku

Lee Hong-Koo (Korean이홍구; Hanja李洪九; born 9 May 1934) is a South Korean former academic and politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 1994 to 1995.[1][2] Lee also held office as South Korean ammbassador to the United Kingdom and United States and was the founding chairman of the East Asia Institute in Seoul.

  1. ^ Preston, Ian (2001), A political chronology of Central, South and East Asia, Political chronologies of the world, vol. 2, Psychology Press, pp. 173–174, ISBN 978-1-85743-114-8
  2. ^ Oberdorfer, Don (2001), The two Koreas: a contemporary history, Basic Books, pp. 372, 456, ISBN 978-0-465-05162-5

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