First Lady of South Korea

First Lady of the Republic of Korea
대한민국의 영부인 목록
Incumbent
Kim Jung-sook
since May 10, 2017
Residence Blue House, Seoul, South Korea
Inaugural holder Franziska Donner
Formation 24 July 1948

The First Lady of South Korea is the wife of the President of South Korea. During the administration of President Park Chung-hee, his daughter, Park Geun-hye, assumed the duties of First Lady after her mother, Yuk Young-soo, was assassinated.[1]

List of First Ladies

The following is a list of the First Ladies of South Korea.

I# A# Picture Name Tenure Age at start of tenure President
(Husband, unless noted)
1 1 Franziska Donner
(프란체스카 도너)
Birth country:  Austria
June 15, 1900 – March 19, 1992
(aged 91)		 August 15, 1948
–
April 26, 1960		 48 years, 61 days Rhee Syng-man
m. October 8, 1934
2
3
2 4 Gong Deok-gwi
(공덕귀 / 孔德貴)
April 21, 1911 – November 24, 1997
(aged 86)		 August 13, 1960
–
March 23, 1962		 49 years, 114 days Yun Bo-seon
m. January 6, 1949
3 5 Yuk Young-soo
(육영수 / 陸英修)
November 29, 1925 – August 15, 1974
(aged 48)		 December 17, 1963
–
August 15, 1974		 38 years, 18 days Park Chung-hee
m. December 12, 1950
6
7
8
Park Geun-hye
(박근혜 / 朴槿惠)
Born (1952-02-02) February 2, 1952		 August 16, 1974
–
October 26, 1979		 22 years, 195 days Park Chung-hee
Daughter
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4 10 Hong Gi
(홍기 / 洪基)
March 3, 1916 – July 20, 2004
(aged 88)		 December 6, 1979
–
August 15, 1980		 63 years, 278 days Choi Kyu-hah
m. 1935
5 11 Rhee Soon-ja
(이순자 / 李順子)
Born (1939-03-24) March 24, 1939		 September 1, 1980
–
February 24, 1988		 41 years, 161 days Chun Doo-hwan
m. 1958
12
6 13 Kim Ok-suk
(김옥숙 / 金玉淑)
Born (1935-08-11) August 11, 1935		 February 25, 1988
–
February 24, 1993		 52 years, 198 days Roh Tae-woo
m. 1959
7 14 Son Myeong-sun
(손명순 / 孫命順)
Born (1929-01-16) January 16, 1929		 February 25, 1993
–
February 24, 1998		 64 years, 40 days Kim Young-sam
m. 1951
8 15 Rhee Hee-hoh
(이희호 / 李姬鎬)
Born (1922-09-21) September 21, 1922		 February 25, 1998
–
February 24, 2003		 75 years, 157 days Kim Dae-jung
m. 1962
9 16 (left) Kwon Yang-sook
(권양숙 / 權良淑)
Born (1948-02-02) February 2, 1948		 February 25, 2003
–
February 24, 2008		 55 years, 23 days Roh Moo-hyun
m. 1973
10 17 Kim Yoon-ok
(김윤옥 / 金潤玉)
Born (1947-03-26) March 26, 1947		 February 25, 2008
–
February 24, 2013		 60 years, 336 days Lee Myung-bak
m. December 19, 1970
From 25 February 2013 to 9 May 2017, South Korea had no first spouse, as the President at the time, Park Geun-hye, was single and never married.
11 18 Kim Jung-sook
(김정숙 / 金正淑)
Born (1954-11-15) November 15, 1954		 May 10, 2017
–
present		 62 years, 176 days Moon Jae-in
m. 1981

References

  1. ↑ Carter J. Eckert, Ki-baik Lee, Young Ick Lew, Michael Robinson, and Edward W. Wagner, Korea Old and New: A History (Seoul: Ilchokak / Korea Institute, Harvard University, 1990), 377.

See also

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