Nam Duck-woo | |
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남덕우 | |
14th Prime Minister of South Korea | |
In office 22 September 1980 – 3 January 1982 | |
President | Chun Doo-hwan |
Preceded by | Shin Hyun-hwak Park Choong-hoon (acting) |
Succeeded by | Yoo Chang-soon |
Personal details | |
Born | Kōshū, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan | April 22, 1924
Died | May 18, 2013 Seoul, South Korea | (aged 89)
Nationality | South Korean |
Alma mater | Kookmin University (BA) Seoul National University (MA) Oklahoma State University (PhD) |
Occupation | Politician, Economist |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 남덕우 |
Hanja | 南悳祐 |
Revised Romanization | Nam Deoku |
McCune–Reischauer | Nam Tŏku |
Nam Duck-woo (22 April 1924 – 18 May 2013) was the 14th prime minister of South Korea from 1980 to 1982.
Nam received his PhD in economics from Oklahoma State University. He served as finance minister from 1969 to 1974 under the presidency of Park Chung Hee. He was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea in 1974 and served in this position till 1978. Under President Chun Doo-hwan, Nam was the prime minister from 1980 to 1982.
Nam served as the International Chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) from 1983 to 1985.
On May 18, 2013, Duck-woo died of testicular cancer at the age of 89.[1]