Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea | |
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대한민국 국무총리 | |
Incumbent Han Duck-soo since 21 May 2022 (Powers and duties suspended since 27 December 2024) Acting Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok since 27 December 2024 | |
Executive branch of the Government of South Korea Prime Minister's Office | |
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Status | |
Member of | |
Residence | Chongni Gonggwan |
Seat | Sejong City |
Nominator | President |
Appointer | President (Subject to the National Assembly's approval) |
Term length | At the President's pleasure |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of South Korea |
Precursor | Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea |
Inaugural holder | Lee Beom-seok |
Formation | 31 July 1948 |
Unofficial names | Prime Minister of South Korea |
Deputy | Deputy Prime Minister |
Salary | ₩191,000,000 annually[1] |
Website | Official website (in English) Official website (in Korean) |
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Prime Minister of South Korea | |
Hangul | 국무총리 |
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Hanja | 國務總理 |
Revised Romanization | gungmuchongni |
McCune–Reischauer | kungmuch'ongni |
The prime minister of the Republic of Korea (Korean: 국무총리; Hanja: 國務總理) is the deputy head of government and the second highest political office of South Korea. The prime minister is appointed by the president of the Republic of Korea, with the National Assembly's approval. The prime minister may be a member of the National Assembly, but this is not required to hold the office.
Unlike prime ministers of parliamentary democracies, the prime minister of South Korea is not the head of government of South Korea, since the president is both the head of state and government in the country. Instead, as the principal executive assistant to the president, the prime minister is more akin to a vice president and is first in the order of succession; the prime minister becomes the acting president, upon the removal or incapacitation of the sitting president, similar to the vice president of the United States. [2]
The current prime minister is Han Duck-soo, having taken office on 20 May 2022. After his impeachment on 27 December 2024, deputy prime minister and Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok assumed the role of acting prime minister.[3]
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