Lee Han-dong (5 December 1934 – 8 May 2021) was a South Korean politician who served as the

prime minister of South Korea The prime minister of the Republic of Korea () is the deputy head of government and the second highest political office of South Korea. The prime minister is appointed by the president of the Republic of Korea, with the National Assembly's appro ...

from May 2000 to July 2002.

Early life

Born in

Bucheon Bucheon (; ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Bucheon is located away from Seoul, of which it is a satellite city. It is located between Incheon and Seoul. Bucheon is the second most densely populated city in South Korea after Seo ...

Gyeonggi Province Gyeonggi Province (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Seoul, the nation's largest city and capital, is in the heart of the area but has been separately administered as a provincial-level ''special city'' since 1946. Incheon, ...

on December 5, 1934, he graduated from Kyungbuk High

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and entered the Faculty of Law at

Seoul National University Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the SKY (universities), SKY universities and a part of the Flagship Korean National Universities. The university's main c ...

Career

He served as a member of

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from 1981 to 2000. He served as

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from 2000 to 2002 under then President

Kim Dae-jung Kim Dae-jung (, ; 6 January 192418 August 2009) was a South Korean politician, activist and statesman who served as the eighth president of South Korea from 1998 to 2003. Kim entered politics as a member of the new wing of the Democratic Pa ...

In 2002 Vowing to eradicate regionalism and corruption in 2004, he was indicted without jail on charges of embezzling 200 million won (US$170,000) in illegal political funds from SK Group during the presidential election. The Seoul Central District Court sentenced him to two years in prison suspended and ordered him to pay 200 million won in compensation.

References

1934 births 2021 deaths People from Pocheon Prime ministers of South Korea Kyungbock High School alumni Seoul National University School of Law alumni 20th-century South Korean people 21st-century South Korean people Goseong Lee clan South Korean prosecutors {{SouthKorea-politician-stub