Han Myeong-sook
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Won Hye-young, Lee Yong-sun (acting)
- Succeeded by
- Moon Sung-keun
- President
- Roh Moo-hyun
- Prime minister
- Goh Kun
- Born
- ( 1944-03-24 ) 24 March 1944 (age 82) , Heijō , Korea, Empire of Japan
- Party
- National Congress for New Politics (Before 2000) , Millennium Democratic Party (2000–2003) , Uri Party (2003–2007) , United New Democratic Party (2007–2008) , Democratic Party (2008–2011) , Democratic United Party (2011–2014) , Minjoo Party (2014–2015) , Independent (2015–present)
- Spouse
- Park Seong-jun
- Alma mater
- Ewha Womans University
- Hangul
- 한명숙
- Hanja
- 韓明淑
- Rr
- Han Myeongsuk
- Mr
- Han Myŏngsuk
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Place of birth
- Pyongyang
- Occupation
- politician
- Employer
- Soongsil University
- Political party
- Democratic Party
- Languages spoken
- Korean
- Native language
- Korean
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Image
- Han Myeong Sook 2006.png
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- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Han Myŏng-suk
- Revised Romanization
- Han Myeong-suk
- date of birth
- 1944-03-24
- Commons category
- Han Myeong-sook
- P10632
- Han Myeong-sook
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Encyclopedic overview
Han Myeong-sook (Korean: 한명숙; Korean pronunciation: [han mjʌŋsʰuk]; born 24 March 1944) is a South Korean politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 2006 to 2007. A former member of the United New Democratic Party (UNDP), she was South Korea's first female prime minister (second female prime minister overall if the acting premiership of Chang Sang is included).
Born in modern-day Pyongyang, Han graduated from Ewha Womans University in Seoul with a degree in French literature. In 2000, she was elected as a member of the National Assembly for Ilsan-gab. She served as Prime Minister of South Korea under Roh Moo-hyun from 2006 until her resignation on 7 March 2007, to begin her presidential candidacy. After losing her party's nomination, Han ran for a seat in the National Assembly, but was ultimately defeated. However, in January 2012, she was elected leader of the Democratic United Party (DUP) before the April legislative elections, in which they failed to defeat the ruling Saenuri Party. Han stepped down as party leader in April 2012. In August 2015, Han was convicted of receiving illegal donations and sentenced to two years in prison. She was granted special amnesty by the government and her constitutional rights were restored in 2021.
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