Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Chad Strohmey er / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)

Han Myeong-sook

韓明淑　/　はん・みょんすく

Politician from North Korea

March 24, 1944 (age 82)　・　Pyongyang, North Korea

politician
head of government

My Take

Han Myeong-sook holds a real place in South Korean history as the country's first female prime minister, serving in 2006 and 2007. That alone tells me something about her grit, given how male-dominated Korean politics was then. Born in Pyongyang and educated at Ewha Womans University, she came up through a generation shaped by enormous upheaval. I don't pretend to know the full arc of her later career, but breaking that particular ceiling is the kind of milestone that outlasts any single administration. I tend to view her as a marker of how far Korean politics shifted in a short span.

Overview

Han Myeong-sook (Korean: 한명숙; Korean pronunciation: [han mjʌŋsʰuk]; born March 24, 1944) is a South Korean politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 2006 to 2007. A former member of the United New Democratic Party (UNDP), she was South Korea's first female prime minister (second female prime minister overall if the acting premiership of Chang Sang is included).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Han Myeong-sook
Name (Japanese): 韓明淑
Reading: はん・みょんすく
Born: March 24, 1944 (age 82)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Monkey
Origin: Pyongyang, North Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician / head of government

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Chungshin Girls' High School
University: Ewha Womans 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%9F%93%E6%98%8E%E6%B7%91

Politician — see all →　·　More people from North Korea →