Han Myeong Sook - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Mar 24, 1944 Pyongyang, North Korea 80 years old

South Korean politician

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About Han Myeong Sook

  • Han Myeong-sook (born March 24, 1944; Korean: ??? [han mj??s?uk]) was the Prime Minister of South Korea from April 2006 to March 2007.
  • She is South Korea's first female prime minister (second female prime minister overall if the acting premiership of Chang Sang is included).
  • She was from the United New Democratic Party (UNDP) as a member of the Korean National Assembly (representative) for Ilsan-gab, and is a graduate of Ewha Womans University in Seoul with a degree in French literature.
  • She resigned as Prime Minister on March 7, 2007 and declared her presidential candidacy.
  • But she did not succeed in the nominations.
  • In 2008 she ran for parliament, but was not elected.
  • However, in January 2012 she was elected leader of the main oppositional Democratic United Party (DUP) before the April legislative elections and became a member of parliament.
  • But the liberals did not manage to defeat the ruling Saenuri Party and Han stepped down as party leader in April 2012.
  • In August 2015, Han was convicted of receiving illegal donations at the amount of 900 million KRW, and sentence to two years in prison.
  • She is ineligible to run for public office for ten years after her prison term.
  • She became the first former prime minister of the Republic of Korea to serve a prison time.

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