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Lee Haechan (born July 10, 1952) is the current 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 took office on June 30. He is a member of the liberal Uri Party, and was elected five times for the National Assembly. Image File history File links Lee Hai-chan, Prime Minister of South Korea This work is copyrighted. ...
The Korean language (í•œêµì–´ or ì¡°ì„ ì–´, see below) is the most widely used language in Korea, and is the official language of both North and South Korea. ...
Hangul (hangul: 한글; revised: hangeul; McCune-Reischauer: hangÅl) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ...
Hanja (hangul: í•œìž; hanja: æ¼¢å—; revised: hanja; McCune-Reischauer: hancha; lit. ...
The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ...
McCune-Reischauer is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ...
July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ...
1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Prime Minister of South Korea (êµë¬´ì´ë¦¬ ; Gukmuchongni) is appointed by the President of South Korea with the National Assemblys approval. ...
Roh Moo-Hyun, born September 1, 1946, has been the President of South Korea since February 25, 2003. ...
June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The National Assembly is the South Korean parliament. ...
June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ...
June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, and the last day of June. ...
The Uri Party is a political party in South Korea. ...
He also served as the minister of education under former president Kim Dae-jung from 1998 to 1999, presiding over controversial education reforms including revamping the college entrance process and lowering the retirement age of teachers. The first reform in particular, which at the time was summed up in the slogan that being good at one thing was enough to get into college, was criticised for allegedly lowering dramatically the scholastic competence of the so-called "Lee Hai-chan generation" of then-high school students. Kim Dae-jung (born December 3, 1925) is a South Korean politician. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
His nomination as prime minister met some resistance due to his record as minister of education, which many consider a failure. Since taking office, however, Lee has proved an able prime minister, being described by some as the most powerful prime minister South Korea has seen.
Lee is also a relative of the recently deceased Prince Yi Gu, the son of Korea's last crown prince. Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess His Imperial Highness Prince Gu (李玖 이구, born 29 December 1931, in Tokyo, Japan) is the 29th head of the Korean Imperial Household and grandson of Emperor Gojong of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. ...
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