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My Take
Chung Un-chan's career is a study in remarkable range. From Gongju to Kyunggi High School to Seoul National University, he built the purest of academic pedigrees, teaching economics for three decades and even leading the university as its president. Then he became South Korea's prime minister, and later, of all things, commissioner of the Korea Baseball Organization. I love that swing, economist, politician, baseball steward, because it refuses the narrow specialization most experts cling to. To me he embodies the public intellectual who keeps stepping into the arena rather than retreating to the lectern, and that willingness to keep serving earns my genuine respect.
Overview
Chung Un-chan (Korean: 정운찬; born 21 March 1947) is a South Korean academic and politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 2009 to 2010. He was an economics professor at Seoul National University from 1978 to 2009, serving as president of the university from 2002 to 2006. Chung also served as the 22nd commissioner of the Korea Baseball Organization from 2018 to 2020.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Chung Un-chan
- Name (Japanese)
- 鄭雲燦
- Reading
- ちょん・うんちゃん
- Born
- March 21, 1947 (age 79)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Boar
- Origin
- Gongju, South Chungcheong, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- economist / university teacher / banker / politician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Kyunggi High School
- University
- Seoul National University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%84%AD%E9%9B%B2%E7%87%A6
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.