Lee Ju-ho

His Excellency Lee Ju-ho
이주호
Lee in 2025
Acting President of South Korea
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 May 2025
Prime Minister	Himself (acting)
Preceded by	Han Duck-soo (acting)
Acting Prime Minister of South Korea
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 May 2025
President	Himself (acting)
Deputy	Himself
Preceded by	Han Duck-soo
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 November 2022
Prime Minister	Han Duck-soo Choi Sang-mok (acting) Han Duck-soo Himself (acting)
Preceded by	Park Soon-ae
Minister of Education, Science and Technology
In office 31 August 2010 – 11 March 2013
President	Lee Myung-bak
Preceded by	Ahn Byong-man
Succeeded by	Seo Nam-soo
Personal details
Born	(1961-02-17) 17 February 1961 (age 64) Chilgok County, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Park Eun-jin
Alma mater	Seoul National University (BA, MA) Cornell University (PhD)
Korean name
Hangul	이주호
Revised Romanization	I Juho
McCune–Reischauer	I Chuho

Lee Ju-ho (Korean: 이주호; born 17 February 1961^[1]) is a South Korean economist who has served as the acting president of South Korea and acting prime minister of South Korea since May 2025. He has also served as the deputy prime minister and education minister since 2022.^[2]

He is a professor at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management.^[1] As of 1 May 2025, after the impeachment of president Yoon Suk Yeol, resignation of prime minister Han Duck-soo, and subsequent resignation of minister of economy Choi Sang-mok, Lee is the acting President of South Korea, acting Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Education concurrently.^[3]