Chung Un-chan
| Chung Un-chan | |
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| 정운찬 | |
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| Prime Minister of South Korea | |
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In office 29 September 2009 – 11 August 2010 |
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| President | Lee Myung-bak |
| Preceded by | Han Seung-soo |
| Succeeded by | Yoon Jeung-hyun (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
21 March 1947 Gongju, Korea (now South Korea) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater |
Seoul National University Miami University Princeton University |
| Profession |
Economist Professor |
| Korean name | |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong Un-chan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Unch'an |
Chung Un-chan (born March 21, 1947 in Gongju, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea) was the Prime Minister of South Korea (2009–2010). He was a professor of Seoul National University from 1978 to 2009, serving as the president of the university from July 2002 to July 2006 until he was designated to the Prime Minister. He acquired his Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University.
Prior to his appointment as Seoul National University president, Chung was dean of the college of social sciences in the first half of 2002. From 1993 to 1994, he was associate dean at the college. Dr. Chung was a visiting associate professor at the University of Hawaii in 1983, a visiting scholar at the London School of Economics from 1986 to 1987, and a visiting professor at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (Germany) in 1999. Dr. Chung earned a B.A. in economics at Seoul National University in 1970, and an M.A. in economics at Miami University (Ohio) in 1972. In 1978, Dr. Chung was awarded a Ph.D. in economics at Princeton University. In October 2004, Dr. Chung was awarded an honorary degree in international education at the Far Eastern National University in Vladivostok, Russia. Dr. Chung continues to write and conduct research in macroeconomics and financial markets. He has numerous publications in both Korean and English.
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