Lee Keun-shik (, born 10 February 1946) is a South Korean politician. Born in Goseong,

South Gyeongsang South Gyeongsang Province (, ) is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is at Changwon. It is adjacent to the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. The UNESCO World Heri ...

, Lee studied law at

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. After passing the Civil Service Examination in 1971, he started his career at the

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(now as the Ministry of Economy and Finance). He served as the mayor of

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, Deputy Governor of South Gyeongsang, Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Interior. He was also the one-term

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from 2004 to 2008. Lee had received an honorary degree from Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages in

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. On 8 March 2020, he was elected as the President of the Open Democratic Party. He resigned on 19 April following the party's poor performance in 2020 election.

Election results

General elections

References

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