Chung Un-chan | |
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정운찬 | |
40th Prime Minister of South Korea | |
In office 29 September 2009 – 11 August 2010 | |
President | Lee Myung-bak |
Preceded by | Han Seung-soo |
Succeeded by | Yoon Jeung-hyun (acting) Kim Hwang-sik |
Personal details | |
Born | Gongju, southern Korea | 21 March 1947
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater | Seoul National University (BA) Miami University (MA) Princeton University (PhD) |
Profession | Economist Professor |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 정운찬 |
Hanja | 鄭雲燦 |
Revised Romanization | Jeong Un-chan |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Unch'an |
Chung Un-chan (Korean: 정운찬; born March 21, 1947[1]) is a South Korean politician who served as the 40th prime minister of South Korea from 2009 to 2010. He was a professor of Seoul National University from 1978 to 2009, serving as the president of the university from July 2002 to July 2006. From 2018 to 2020, Chung also served as the 22nd commissioner of the Korea Baseball Organization.[2]