Lee Eui-geun
| Lee Eui-geun | |
| Hangul | 이의근 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 李義根 |
| Revised Romanization | I Ui-geun |
| McCune–Reischauer | I Ŭi-kŭn |
Lee Eui-geun (7 November 1938 – 21 April 2009Hannara party. He has served three consecutive terms in the position, beginning in 1995. His name has been mentioned as a possible future candidate for prime minister. [1]
Born in 1938 in
Gyeongsangbuk-do, he attended local elementary and middle schools, then transferred to Daegu Commercial High School, from which he graduated in 1958. He then went on to receive a BS in Economics from Yeungnam University
in 1964. He began working for the Daegu and Gyeongbuk governments in 1961.
Lee has received honorary doctorates from Khabarovsk State Academy of Economics and Law, Yeungnam University, and the Catholic University of Daegu. He was also awarded South Korea's Order of National Merit in 1988.
He died from prostate cancer in 2009. He is lived on by his wife, Lee Myeong Sook, and his two sons, Lee Chang Hoon and Lee Kwang Hoon.[1]
See also
Notes
- ^ "차기총리 한나라소속 이의근 경북지사?". The Chosun Ilbo (Korean ed.) March 6, 2006. Archived from the original on 2010-10-14. Retrieved 2006-03-11.
References
- ^ Yonhap News Agency. 2011-04-02. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
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