Cho Soon

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Cho Soon
30th Mayor of Seoul
In office 1 July 1995 – 9 September 1997
Preceded by	Choi Byung-ryeol
Succeeded by	Goh Kun
18th Governor of the Bank of Korea[1]
In office 26 March 1992 – 14 March 1993
Preceded by	Kim Kun
Succeeded by	Kim Myung-ho
Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea
In office 5 December 1988 – 17 March 1990
Prime Minister	Kang Young-hoon
Preceded by	Rha Woong-bae
Succeeded by	Lee Seung-yoon
Personal details
Born	1 February 1928 Jumunjin, Kōgen-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died	23 June 2022(2022-06-23) (aged 94) Seoul, South Korea
Nationality	South Korean
Political party	Grand National Democratic People's
Alma mater	Seoul National University University of California, Berkeley
Occupation	Professor

Cho Soon (Korean: 조순; 1 February 1928 – 23 June 2022) was a South Korean politician who was the first publicly elected mayor of Seoul, serving from 1995 to 1997. Previously, he was the Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea from 1988 to 1990 and the Chief of the Bank of Korea.^[1]