Kim Suk-soo

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His Excellency Kim Suk-soo
김석수
Kim in 2002
34th Prime Minister of South Korea
In office 10 September 2002 – 26 February 2003
President	Kim Dae-jung
Preceded by	Lee Han-dong Chang Dae-whan (acting)
Succeeded by	Goh Kun
Personal details
Born	(1932-11-20) 20 November 1932 (age 91) Katō-gun, Keishōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Alma mater	Yonsei University
Occupation	Politician, lawyer
Korean name
Hangul	김석수
Hanja	金碩洙
Revised Romanization	Gim Seoksu
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Sŏksu

Kim Suk-soo (Korean: 김석수; born 20 November 1932) is a South Korean politician and attorney-at-law who served as prime minister of South Korea from 2002 to 2003 under president Kim Dae-jung.

Kim graduated from Paichai High School [ko] 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 was nominated by President Kim Dae-jung to be prime minister on 10 September 2002. He was the president's third choice for the position, vacant since the removal of Lee Han-dong, following the opposition-controlled parliament's rejection of Chang Sang and Chang Dae-whan. He was confirmed on 5 October 2002, by a vote of 210 to 31.^[1] New President Roh Moo-hyun chose Goh Kun as Kim's replacement on 26 February 2003.

On 25 April 2013, Kim 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]