Kim Hwang-sik

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Kim Hwang-sik 김황식

Prime Minister of South Korea
In office 1 October 2010 – 26 February 2013
President	Lee Myung-bak
Preceded by	Yoon Jeung-hyun (Acting)
Succeeded by	Jung Hong-won
Personal details
Born	(1948-08-09) 9 August 1948 Jangseong, South Korea
Alma mater	Seoul National University University of Marburg

Korean name
Hangul	김황식
Hanja	金滉植

Revised Romanization	Gim Hwang-sik
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Hwangsik

Kim Hwang-sik (Hangul: 김황식; hanja: 金滉植; born 9 August 1948) 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 Inspection.

Biography

He was born in Jangseong, studied law at Marburg University (Germany) and graduated from Seoul National University. He passed National Judicial Examination and had since made rounds through regional courts as a judge. He served as a Supreme Court justice from 2005 to 2008. He has served as the Chairperson of Board of Audit and Inspection from September 2008. On 16 September 2010, he was nominated as the new prime minister.^[1] After the National Assembly's confirmation hearing on 29 September, Kim was confirmed as the Prime Minister on October 1, 2010. Kim quit the BAI post just halfway into its four-year term; he was the second person to be appointed prime minister straight from the top BAI post after Lee Hoi-chang.

Draft dodging controversy

Kim was exempted from being drafted for the two-year military service in 1972 by claiming to have a thyroid gland disorder.^[2] His brother ran the hospital which gave him the diagnosis. In 1973 he was exempted again due to an "extreme imbalance" between the vision in his left and right eyes, despite having played badminton at a high level throughout his teens.^[2] These inconsistencies were one of the main topics on which his confirmation hearing for the prime ministry focused.

References

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↑ 2.0 2.1 MC Catch-22, The Economist Asia View, 14 Oct 2010

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Political offices
Preceded by Yoon Jeung-hyun Acting	Prime Minister of South Korea 2010–2013	Succeeded by Jung Hong-won

v t e Prime Ministers of South Korea (List)

	Yi Pom-sok Shin Song-mo Chang Myon Ho Chong Yi Yun-yong Chang Taek-sang Paik Too-chin Paik Too-chin Pyon Yong-tae Paek Han-song post abolished, 1954–1960 Ho Chong Chang Myon Jang Do-young Song Yo-chan Park Chung-hee Kim Hyun-chul Choi Tu-son Chung Il-kwon Paik Too-chin Kim Jong-pil Choi Kyu-hah Choi Kyu-hah Shin Hyun-hwak Pak Choong-hoon Nam Duck-woo Nam Duck-woo Yoo Chang-soon Yoo Chang-soon Kim Sang-hyup Kim Sang-hyup Chin Iee-chong Chin Iee-chong Shin Byung-hyun Lho Shin-yong Lho Shin-yong Lee Han-key Kim Chung-yul Kim Chung-yul Lee Hyun-jae Lee Hyun-jae Kang Young-hoon Kang Young-hoon Ro Jai-bong Ro Jai-bong Chung Won-shik Chung Won-shik Hyun Soong-jong Hwang In-sung Lee Hoi-chang Lee Yung-dug Lee Hong-koo Lee Soo-sung Goh Kun Kim Jong-pil Kim Jong-pil Park Tae-joon Lee Han-dong Lee Han-dong Chang Sang Chang Dae-whan Kim Suk-soo Kim Suk-soo Goh Kun Lee Hae-chan Han Myeong-sook Han Duck-soo Han Seung-soo Chung Un-chan Yoon Jeung-hyun Kim Hwang-sik Jung Hong-won

Italics indicate acting Prime Ministers; small caps indicate military Prime Ministers

Persondata
Name	Kim, Hwang-sik
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	9 August 1948
Place of birth	Jangseong, Korea (now South Korea)
Date of death
Place of death

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