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Kim Suk-soo
김석수
31st Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
10 September 2002 – 26 February 2003
PresidentKim Dae-jung
Preceded byChang Dae-whan (acting)
Succeeded byGoh Kun
Personal details
Born (1932-11-20) November 20, 1932 (age 91)
Katō-gun, Keishōnan-dō, Chōsen
(today Hadong County, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea)
Alma materYonsei University
OccupationPolitician, lawyer
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Seoksu
McCune–ReischauerKim Sŏksu

Kim Suk-soo (born November 20, 1932) is a South Korean politician and attorney-at-law. Kim graduated from Paichai High School in 1952 and Yonsei University in 1956 with a bachelor's degree in law. After his service as a justice of the Supreme Court and chairman of the National Election Commission, Kim became the acting Prime Minister of South Korea from 2002 to 2003, during Kim Dae-Jung’s presidency.[1] On April 25, 2013, he was elected as the head director of Yonsei University after Bang Woo-Young, a former chairman of The Chosun Ilbo, resigned. Kim is also an Of Counsel at DR & AJU LLC.[2]

References

  1. ^ "New PM nominee for S Korea". BBC News. 10 September 2002.
  2. ^ List of attorneys DR & AJU