Kim Dae-jung,often referred to by his initials DJ,was a South Korean politician and activist who served as the 8th president of South Korea from 1998 to 2003.
Kim Jong-pil,also known colloquially as JP,was a South Korean politician and the founder/first director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency. He served as Prime Minister twice,from 1971 to 1975 during the presidency of Park Chung Hee (1961–1979) and from 1998 to 2000 during the presidency of Kim Dae-jung (1998–2003). He was a nine-term National Assembly member.
Yonsei University is a Christian private university in Seoul,South Korea. It is part of the SKY universities.
Han Seung-soo is a South Korean politician and diplomat. He served as Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea from 29 February 2008 to 28 September 2009. He was the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special Envoy on Climate Change (2007–08) and for Disaster Risk Reduction and Water (2013–18),Special Advisor to the UN/World Bank High-Level Panel on Water (2016–18),Member of the UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation Agency,Member of the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel for Global Sustainability,Founding Chair of Global Green Growth Institute,Temasek International Panel Member (2004–18) and Independent Non-Executive Director of Standard Chartered plc (2010-2019).
Ján Čarnogurský is a Slovak former politician,who served as the prime minister of Slovakia (1991–1992) and the former chairman of the Christian Democratic Movement (1990–2000). Today he is chairman of Slovak-Russian association with headquarters in Bratislava.
Lee Hoi-chang is a South Korean politician and lawyer who served as the 26th Prime Minister of South Korea from 1993 to 1994. He was a presidential candidate in the 15th,16th and 17th presidential elections of South Korea. Prior to his presidential campaigns,Lee served as Supreme Court Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea.
The Jamaican order of precedence is as follows:
- Charles III,King of Jamaica
- Governor-General of Jamaica
- Prime Minister of Jamaica
- Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica
- Leader of the Opposition
The General James A. Van Fleet Award,given annually since 1992 by The Korea Society,is awarded to "one or more distinguished Koreans or Americans in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the promotion of U.S.-Korea relations.”It is one of the most prestigious awards in the field of U.S.–Korea relations.
Chang Myon was a South Korean statesman,educator,diplomat,journalist and social activist as well as a Roman Catholic youth activist. He was the only prime minister of the parliamentary Second Republic. In addition,during the First Republic he was the fourth and last vice president of South Korea. His art name was Unseok (운석). His English name was John Chang Myon.
Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 18 December 1997. The result was a victory for opposition candidate Kim Dae-jung,who won with 40.3 percent of the vote. When he took office in 1998,it marked the first time in Korean history that the ruling party peacefully transferred power to the opposition party.
Lee Soo-sung is a South Korean politician and legal scholar. He was the 27th Prime Minister of South Korea from December 18,1995 to March 4,1997. Prior to becoming prime minister,he was president of Seoul National University.
Chang Dae-whan is a South Korean businessman. He is best known as the president of the Maeil Business Newspaper,South Korea's main business daily. He is the founder of the World Knowledge Forum. The World Knowledge Forum is the largest forum of its kind in Asia. He also served a brief stint as South Korea's acting prime minister in August 2002 under president Kim Dae-jung,but the National Assembly voted not to confirm him.
Lee Hong-Koo is a former Korean academic,politician,and think tank leader who served as a former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea,former South Korean Ambassador to the United Kingdom and United States,and founding Chairman of the East Asia Institute in Seoul.
Chang Sang became the first female Prime Minister of South Korea when President Kim Dae-jung reshuffled his cabinet in 2002.
The May 16 military coup d'état was a military coup d'état in South Korea in 1961,organized and carried out by Park Chung Hee and his allies who formed the Military Revolutionary Committee,nominally led by Army Chief of Staff Chang Do-yong after the latter's acquiescence on the day of the coup. The coup rendered powerless the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Chang Myon and President Yun Posun,and ended the Second Republic,installing a reformist military Supreme Council for National Reconstruction effectively led by Park,who took over as chairman after General Chang's arrest in July.
Park Tae-joon was a South Korean business tycoon,war hero,political leader,and philanthropist.
Events from the year 2002 in South Korea.
DR &AJU Law Group LLC is a Korea-based international law firm headquartered in Seoul. Since the 2009 merger of Daeryook (DR) and AJU,the firm has expanded to over 220 attorneys and is now among the top ten firms in Korea.
Shin Hyun-hwak was Prime Minister of South Korea from December 13,1979 to May 21,1980,representing the Democratic Republican Party.
