Goh Kun

Goh Kun
고건
Goh in 2010
Acting President of South Korea
In office
12 March 2008 – 14 May 2008[a]
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byRoh Moo-hyun
Succeeded byRoh Moo-hyun
30th & 35th Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
4 March 1997 – 3 March 1998
PresidentKim Young-sam
Kim Dae-jung
Preceded byLee Soo Sung
Succeeded byKim Jong-pil
In office
26 February 2003 – 25 July 2004
PresidentRoh Moo-hyun
Preceded byKim Suk-soo
Succeeded byLee Hun Jai (acting)
Lee Hae Chan
22nd & 31st Mayor of Seoul
In office
5 December 1988 – 27 December 1990
Preceded byKim Yong-rae
Succeeded byPark Seh-jik
In office
1 July 1998 – 30 June 2002
Preceded byCho Soon
Kang Duk-ki (acting)
Succeeded byLee Myung-bak
Personal details
Born (1938-01-02) 2 January 1938 (age 86)
Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
(today Seoul, South Korea)
Political partyDemocratic Justice (1980–1990)
Democratic Liberal
(1990–1995)
Democratic (1998–2007)
Alma materSeoul National University (BS, MS)
Signature
Korean name
Hangul
고건
Hanja
高建
Revised RomanizationGo Geon
McCune–ReischauerKo Kŏn

Goh Kun (Korean고건; Hanja高建, born 2 January 1938) is a South Korean politician who served as the 30th and 35th prime minister of South Korea from 1997 to 1998 and again from 2003 to 2004. He was also the acting president of South Korea at the time of Roh Moo-hyun's suspension in 2004 and a former mayor of Seoul.
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