Jung Hong-won
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Korean spelling | |
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Hangeul | 정홍원 |
Hanja | 鄭 烘 原 |
Revised Romanization |
Jeong Hong-won |
McCune- Reischauer |
Chŏng Hongwŏn |
Jung Hong-won (born October 9, 1944 in Hadong , Gyeongsangnam-do ) is a South Korean politician and was the 42nd Prime Minister of South Korea from 2013 to 2015 . He is a member of the conservative Saenuri party .
Before entering politics, he studied law at Sungkyunkwan University . He then worked as a prosecutor , resigned in 2012 and was then the first candidate for the office of Prime Minister in the government of President Park Geun-hye . After confirmation by the South Korean National Assembly , he was sworn in on February 26, 2013.
After the reaction of the government of South Korea to the accident involving the Sewol ferry came under massive criticism, Jung Hong-won offered to resign on April 27, 2014. President Park Geun-hye accepted it, but said he should stay in office until the ship was recovered. On February 16, 2015, he was replaced by Lee Wan-koo .
Web links
- Jung Hong-won biography on the Prime Minister's official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ South Korea: After the ferry accident: South Korea's Prime Minister offers to resign ( Memento from April 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Stuttgarter Nachrichten / dpa, April 27, 2014
- ↑ South Korea's Prime Minister resigns due to a ferry failure. FAZ , April 27, 2014, accessed on April 27, 2014 .
- ↑ South Korea has a new prime minister. In: Handelsblatt . February 16, 2015, accessed February 18, 2015 .
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Kim Hwang-sik |
Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea February 26, 2013 - February 16, 2015 |
Lee Wan-koo |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jung, Hong-won |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chung, Hong-won; 정홍원 (Hangeul); 鄭 烘 原 (Hanja); Jeong, Hong-won (Revised Romanization); Chŏng, Hongwŏn (McCune-Reischauer) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean politician and prime minister |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hadong , Gyeongsangnam-do , South Korea |