Ro Jai-bong

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Ro Jai-bong
노재봉
20th Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
December 27, 1990 – May 24, 1991
PresidentRoh Tae-woo
Preceded byKang Young-hoon
Succeeded byChung Won-shik
Personal details
Born(1936-02-08)February 8, 1936
Shōgen, Keishōnan-dō, Japanese Korea, Empire of Japan (now Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea)
DiedApril 23, 2024(2024-04-23) (aged 88)
Seoul, South Korea
Political partyIndependent
Alma materSeoul National University (BA)
Brigham Young University (MA)
New York University (PhD)

Ro Jai-bong (February 8, 1936 – April 23, 2024) was a South Korean politician. He served from December 1990 to May 1991 as the 20th

prime minister of South Korea.[1] Ro was born in Shōgen, Keishōnan-dō, Chōsen, Empire of Japan on February 8, 1936.[2][3]

Biography

Ro graduated from

After his political career, Ro became president of Seoul Digital University from 2002 to 2005.[4]

Ro was married and had two children. He was diagnosed with blood cancer in 2023 and died from complications of the disease at

Seoul St. Mary's Hospital[4] on April 23, 2024, at the age of 88.[5]

References

  1. ^ "스카이데일리, 노태우 Ys견제 민선후계 '노재봉 흔적' 220억 빌딩". M.skyedaily.com.
  2. . Retrieved 9 July 2022 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ [1] [dead link]
  4. ^ a b c "Ex-PM Ro Jai-bong dies at 88". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  5. ^ Ex-PM Ro Jai-bong dies at 88