Lee Choon-hee

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Lee Choon-hee (March 2019)
Korean spelling
Hangeul 이춘희
Hanja 李春熙
Revised
Romanization 		I Chun-hui
McCune-
Reischauer 		Yi Ch'un-hŭi

Lee Choon-hee (born November 6, 1955 in Gochang , Jeollabuk-do ) is a South Korean politician of the Deobureo-minju party , who has been mayor of Sejong since July 1, 2014 .

Career

Lee studied public administration at Korea University . He then graduated from Seoul National University with a master's degree . He then completed a special program in urban and regional planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed his PhD in urban planning at Hanyang University .

In President Roh Moo-hyun's administration , Lee was Vice Minister for Construction and Infrastructure. On July 1, 2014, he became mayor of Sejong City. In 2018, Lee was confirmed in office with 71.8% of the vote.

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Lee is the family name here, Choon-hee is the first name.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About the Mayor> Mayor's Office> Happy City Sejong>. Retrieved August 9, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Lee, Choonhee
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 이춘희 (Korean, Hangeul); 李春熙 (Korean, Hanja); I Chun-hui (Revised Romanization); Yi Ch'un-hŭi (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Gochang , Jeollabuk-do , South Korea