Chung Un-chan

Chung Un-chan
정운찬
40th Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
29 September 2009 – 11 August 2010
PresidentLee Myung-bak
Preceded byHan Seung-soo
Succeeded byYoon Jeung-hyun (acting)
Kim Hwang-sik
Personal details
Born (1947-03-21) 21 March 1947 (age 77)
Gongju, southern Korea
Political partyIndependent
Alma materSeoul National University (BA)
Miami University (MA)
Princeton University (PhD)
ProfessionEconomist
Professor
Korean name
Hangul
정운찬
Hanja
鄭雲燦
Revised RomanizationJeong Un-chan
McCune–ReischauerChŏng Unch'an

Chung Un-chan (Korean정운찬; 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]

  1. ^ 정운찬 : 전 국무총리, 전 대학총장. Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  2. ^ "Chung Un-Chan". keia.org. Retrieved 13 October 2024.