Lee Soo-sung

Lee Soo-sung
이수성
27th Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
18 December 1995 – 4 March 1997
PresidentKim Young-sam
Preceded byLee Hong-koo
Succeeded byGoh Kun
Personal details
Born (1939-03-10) 10 March 1939 (age 85)
Kankō, Kankyōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
NationalitySouth Korean
Alma materSeoul National University
OccupationPolitician, Jurist
Korean name
Hangul
이수성
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Su-seong
McCune–ReischauerYi Susŏng

Lee Soo-sung (born March 10, 1939) is a South Korean politician and legal scholar. He was the 27th Prime Minister of South Korea from December 18, 1995 to March 4, 1997. Prior to becoming prime minister, he was president of Seoul National University.[1][2]

He later served as the executive vice chairman of the Advisory Council on Democratic and Peaceful Unification, the presidential advisory body on unification with North Korea.

  1. ^ Fincher, Scott (December 16, 1995). "Amid Scandals, Legal Scholar Chosen New Prime Minister". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Article: Ex-Premier Lee Soo-sung Likely to Enter Politics". The Korea Times. Seoul, Korea. January 6, 2000. Retrieved 23 April 2010.

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