Lee Hong-koo | |
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이홍구 | |
Prime Minister of South Korea | |
In office 17 December 1994 – 18 December 1995 | |
President | Kim Young-sam |
Preceded by | Lee Yung-dug |
Succeeded by | Lee Soo-sung |
South Korean Ambassador to the United States | |
In office 28 April 1998 – 1 August 2000 | |
President | Kim Dae-jung |
Preceded by | Park Kun-woo |
Succeeded by | Yang Sung-chul |
Personal details | |
Born | Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan | 9 May 1934
Alma mater | Emory University (BA) Yale University (MA, PhD) |
Lee Hong-koo | |
Hangul | 이홍구 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | I Honggu |
McCune–Reischauer | I Hongku |
Lee Hong-Koo (Korean: 이홍구; 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.