South Korean politician. After graduating from Seoul National University with a degree in law, he shortly worked at investment trust. From the late 1970s to 2000, he worked as a journalist for the daily Dong-a Ilbo newspaper for 21 years. From 1989 to 1993, he was stationed in Tokyo as its correspondent during which he reported the inauguration of new Japanese monarch Akihito. He served as the 41st Prime Minister of South Korea and is the longest serving prime minister since the Constitution was last revised in 1987. Before that, he was the governor of South Jeolla province.
He was considered one of the main candidates for the 2022 South Korean Presidential Election but lost the Democratic Party primary to Lee Jae-myung in October 2021.
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