1. Oh Se-hoon (1961)

South Korean Politician

From 2006 to 2011, this Saenuri Party politician served as Mayor of Seoul, South Korea. Also a writer, he published works titled When a Lawyer Wants to Cry (1995) and...

2. Park Geun-hye (1952)

South Korean Politician

South Korea's first female president who took office in February 2013. Before becoming president she served four consecutive parliamentary terms and was a member of Korean National Assembly.

3. Moon Jae-in (1953)

South Korean Politician

World leader who is recognized for having served as the president of South Korea. He was also a member of the 19th National Assembly from 2012-2016 and served as the leader...

4. Shin Jae-min (1958)

South Korean Politician

Shin Jae-min is a South Korean bureaucrat. He was the former Vice Minister of Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism.

5. Lee Soo-sung (1939)

South Korean Politician

Lee Soo-sung is a South Korean politician and legal scholar. He was Prime Minister of South Korea from December 18 1995 to March 4 1997. Prior to becoming prime minister...

6. Chough Pyung-ok (1894)

South Korean Politician

Chough Pyung-ok was a South Korean politician. He ran against incumbent president Syngman Rhee in the 1960 presidential election but died on February 15 one month before the election on...

7. Kim Jong-pil (1926)

South Korean Politician

Not to be confused with Kim Jong-il former leader of North KoreaKim Jong-pil is a South Korean politician and founder of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency who served as Prime...

8. Choi See-joong (1937)

South Korean Politician

Choi See-Joong is a South Korean politician who is the former chief of the Korea Communications Commission. He is notable for supporting controversial decisions in the South Korean telecommunication scene....

9. Goh Kun (1938)

South Korean Politician

Goh Kun is a South Korean politician. He served as Prime Minister of South Korea from 1997 to 1998 and from 2003 to 2004. In his more recent term he...

10. Choi Jae-cheon (1963)

South Korean Politician

Choi Jae-cheon is an attorney and a politician in South Korea. He was elected a member of the National Assembly from Seongdong-gu Seoul in 2004 and was a member of...

11. Kim Hwang-sik (1948)

South Korean Politician

Kim Hwang-sik is a South Korean lawyer and politician who became the country's Prime Minister on 1 October 2010. He is the former Chairperson of the Board of Audit and...

12. Lim Heon-yong (1941)

South Korean Politician

Lim Heon-yong is a South Korean author journalist critic educator. His birth name is Lim Joon-nyul.

13. Choi Moon-soon (1956)

South Korean Politician

Choi Moon-soon is the incumbent governor of Gangwon Province. He was a CEO of the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation from 2005 to 2008 and then served as a member of the...

14. Kim Kwan-yong (1942)

South Korean Politician

Kim Kwan-Yong is the governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do Province Republic of Korea. He was also the mayor of Gumi from 1995 to 1997 serving again in 2006. He is a member...

15. Nam Duck-woo (1924)

South Korean Politician

Nam Duck-woo was the Prime Minister of South Korea from 1980 to 1982. Nam received his PhD in economics from Oklahoma State University. He served as finance minister from 1969...

16. Chun Doo-hwan (1931)

South Korean Politician

Chun Doo-hwan is a ROK Army general who served as the leader of South Korea from 1979 to 1988 ruling as an unelected military strongman from December 1979 to September...

17. Chung Dong-young (1953)

South Korean Politician

Chung Dong-young is a politician and was the United New Democratic Party candidate for President of South Korea in 2007. From April 2004 until December 2005 Chung was the South...

18. Chang Myon (1899)

South Korean Politician

Chang Myon was a South Korean politician and educator diplomat journalist social activist and Roman Catholic youth activist. He was the fourth and last Vice President of the First Republic...

19. Hyun In-taek (1954)

South Korean Politician

Hyun In-Taek has been Minister of Unification of South Korea from January 2009 til August 2011. He was replaced with Yu Woo-ik. As the Minister of Unification he oversaw matters...

20. Hyun Soong-jong (1919)

South Korean Politician

Hyun Soong-jong is a South Korean politician. He served as Prime Minister from October 1992 through 1993.

21. Hong Jung-wook (1970)

South Korean Politician

Hong Jungwook is the chairman and majority shareholder of Herald Corporation and related companies. Herald Corporation is a leading media and education group in Korea which publishes The Korea...

22. Kim Geun-tae (1947)

South Korean Politician

Kim Geun-tae was a democracy activist and politician of the Republic of Korea.

23. Hong Sehwa (1947)

South Korean Politician

Hong Sehwa is a South Korean journalist and former New Progressive Party delegate.

24. Choe Deok-sin (1914)

South Korean Politician

Choe Deok-sin was a South Korean Foreign Minister who later defected with his wife Ryu Mi Yong to North Korea. In 1936 Choe graduated from Republic of China Military Academy...

25. Lee Ki-poong (1896)

South Korean Politician

Lee Ki-poong was a South Korean politician and Vice President.

26. Geum Min (1962)

South Korean Politician

Geum Min is a South Korean politician. He was former Socialist Party delegate from 2006 until 2008. He also came forward as a candidate in the 17th presidential election.

27. Lee Hae-chan (1952)

South Korean Politician

Lee Hae-chan is a former Prime Minister of South Korea. He was nominated by president Roh Moo-hyun on June 8 2004 confirmed by the National Assembly on June 29 and...

28. Lee Eui-geun (1938)

South Korean Politician

Lee Eui-geun is the governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do a province in eastern South Korea. He is a member of the Hannara party. He has served three consecutive terms in the position...

29. Lee Dong-phil (1955)

South Korean Politician

Lee Dong-phil is a South Korean politician currently serving as Minister of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs.

30. Lee Jae-oh (1945)

South Korean Politician

Lee Jae-oh is a conservative South Korean politician of the Saenuri Party. He is member of the National Assembly for Eunpyeong-gu in Seoul and served as Minister for Government Legislation...

31. Kang Kum-sil (1957)

South Korean Politician

Kang Kum-Sil is a South Korean politician and a lawyer and also served as the Minister of Justice from February 2003 to July 2004. She was the ruling Uri...

32. Lee Hahn-koo (1945)

South Korean Politician

Lee Hahn-koo is a South Korean politician and leader of the Saenuri Party in the National Assembly. A former economist Lee was previously an economic adviser and chief of staff...

33. Lee Beom-seok (foreign minister) (1925)

South Korean Politician

Lee Bum Suk was the Foreign Minister of South Korea from 1982 until his death. He was among the victims of the Rangoon bombing in 1983. He graduated from Korea...

34. Park Won-soon (1956)

South Korean Politician

Park Won-soon is a Korean lawyer. He was elected as Mayor of Seoul South Korea on October 26 2011.

35. Yu Chin-san (1905)

South Korean Politician

Yu Chin-san was a South Korean politician and resistance activist farmers activist and terrorist. His nicknames were Chinsan and Okgye. His real name was Youngpil.

36. Yoon Young-kwan (1951)

South Korean Politician

Yoon Young-kwan is a South Korean academic. He is a professor at Seoul National University's Department of International Relations and teaches courses on International Political Economy Introduction to International Relations...

37. Yu Myung-hwan (1946)

South Korean Politician

Yu Myung-hwan is a South Korean diplomat he was Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from February 2008 to September. 4 2010. His resignation was caused when his daughter was...

38. Shin Ik-hee (1892)

South Korean Politician

Shin Ik-hee was a Korean Resistance activist and South Korean politician. A first term Speaker of the First Republic and leader of Second term of the First Republic in...

39. Shin Sung-mo (1891)

South Korean Politician

Shin Sung-mo was an acting prime minister in 1950 following the first prime minister of South Korea Lee Beom-seok. He served as a Defence Minister during the Korean War.

40. Sohn Hak-kyu (1947)

South Korean Politician

Son Hak-Gyu is a South Korean politician and the former governor of Gyeonggi-do the most populous province in Korea. He became a politician in 1996 as a congressman of Grand...

41. Lee Jung-hee (1969)

South Korean Politician

Lee Jeong-hee is a Korean lawyer politician and human rights activist feminist activist. 18th member of the National Assembly of South Korea. She was one of the candidates for the...

42. Lee Hoi-chang (1935)

South Korean Politician

Lee Hoi-chang is a South Korean politician. A Catholic He was a presidential candidate in the 16th and the 17th Presidential Elections of South Korea. He was born to an...

43. Jung Hong-won (1944)

South Korean Politician

Jung Hong-won is the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea. He has served from 26 February 2013. He announced his resignation on 27 April 2014.

44. Baek Du-jin (1908)

South Korean Politician

Baek Du-jin was a South Korean politician. He was an acting prime minister before he became the fourth and later the tenth prime minister of South Korea.

45. Huh Kyung-young (1947)

South Korean Politician

Huh Kyung-young is a South Korean politician chief of the Democratic Republican Party and singer. On Aug 15 2009 The Liberation Day of Korea he has released his first digital...