Yoo Chang-soon
유창순
13th Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
23 January 1982 – 24 June 1982
PresidentChun Doo-hwan
Preceded byNam Duck-woo
Succeeded byKim Sang-hyup
Personal details
Born(1918-08-06)6 August 1918
Anshū, Heian'nan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died3 June 2010(2010-06-03) (aged 91)
Seoul, South Korea
NationalitySouth Korean
Alma materHastings College
OccupationPolitician
Korean name
Hangul
유창순
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYu Changsun
McCune–ReischauerYu Ch'angsun

Yoo Chang-soon (6 August 1918 – 2 June 2010) was the Prime Minister of South Korea from 4 January 1982 to 24 June 1982.[1] Yoo was born in Anju, South Pyongan, a city located in present-day North Korea, and attended the Pyongyang Commercial School (평양상업학교).[2] He went on to tertiary education at Hastings College in Nebraska, graduating in 1950. The following year, he entered the service of the South Korean government, working at the Bank of Korea's Tokyo branch.[3] He was governor of the Bank of Korea from 1961 to 1962.

References

  1. ^ "Former prime minister Yoo passes away". The Korea Herald. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  2. ^ "유창순 전 국무총리 숙환으로 별세", Chosun Ilbo, 2010-06-03, retrieved 2011-09-30
  3. ^ "유창순 전 국무총리 별세", The Hankyoreh, 2010-06-30, retrieved 2011-09-30


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