Choi Kyoung-hwan

Choi Kyoung-hwan
최경환

Prime Minister of South Korea Acting
In office 27 April 2015 – 18 June 2015
President	Park Geun-hye
Preceded by	Lee Wan-koo
Succeeded by	Hwang Kyo-ahn
Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea
In office 15 July 2014 – 13 January 2016
Prime Minister	Chung Hong-won Lee Wan-koo Hwang Kyo-ahn
Preceded by	Hyun Oh-seok
Succeeded by	Yoo Il-ho
Minister of Strategy and Finance
In office 13 June 2014 – 13 January 2016
Prime Minister	Chung Hong-won Lee Wan-koo Hwang Kyo-ahn
Preceded by	Hyun Oh-seok
Succeeded by	Yoo Il-ho
Personal details
Born	(1955-06-22) 22 June 1955 (age 61) Sincheon-dong, South Korea
Political party	Saenuri Party
Alma mater	Yonsei University University of Wisconsin, Madison

Choi Kyoung-hwan (born June 22, 1955) is a member of the National Assembly of South Korea in the Hannara Party. He represents the Gyeongsan-Cheongdo region of Gyeongsangbuk-do. Choi has promised to work for the extension of Daegu Subway Line 1 beyond the borders of Daegu to Gyeongsan, and to expand the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology. Choi was the acting Prime Minister from 27 April 2015 to 18 June 2015.

Born in Gyeongsan's Sincheon-dong, Choi graduated from Daegu High School in 1975. He obtained his bachelor's in economics at Yonsei University, passing the civil service exam while enrolled for a fourth year of study in 1979. He later received his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he studied from 1987 to 1991.

His work in economics has opened up various opportunities for Choi. In 1995, he served as a researcher at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. In the South Korean presidential election, 2002, he was special advisor on economics to then-presidential candidate Lee Hoi-chang.