Kang Young Hoon
| Kang Young-Hoon 강영훈 |
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| Prime Minister of South Korea | |
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In office 16 December 1988 – 27 December 1990 |
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| President | Roh Tae-woo |
| Preceded by | Lee Hyun-jae |
| Succeeded by | Ro Jai-bong |
| South Korean Ambassador to the Vatican City | |
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In office 1984–1987 |
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| President | Chun Doo-hwan |
| South Korean Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland | |
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In office 1981–1984 |
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| President | Chun Doo-hwan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
30 May 1922 Masashi-jō County, Japanese Korea (now Changsong County, North Korea) |
| Died | 10 May 2016 (aged 93) Seoul, South Korea |
| Political party | Democratic Justice |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 강영훈 |
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| Hanja | 姜英勳 |
| Revised Romanization | Gang Yeong-hun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kang Yŏnghun |
Kang Young-Hoon (Korean: 강영훈, 30 May 1922 – 10 May 2016) was a South Korean politician who served as the second prime minister of the sixth South Korean republic, from 16 December 1988 until 27 December 1990.
Beginning his career in the military, Kang entered politics through the diplomatic foreign ministry before being elected to the National Assembly in 1987. He was appointed prime minister a year later in President Roh Tae-woo's first cabinet reshuffle. His two-year tenure as prime minister was marked by his rapprochement towards North Korea, under Roh's Nordpolitik policy. After leaving government, Kang went on to become President of the South Korean National Red Cross from 1991 to 1997.
Kang was born in Changsong County, North Pyongan Province when Korea was under Japanese rule in 1922. He joined the National Defense Forces, a precursor to the Republic of Korea Army, shortly after his graduation from the Kenkoku University towards the end of World War II. He served as a division commander during the Korean War, before becoming Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Ministry of National Defense in 1954. After a brief spell in the United States at the Army Command and General Staff College, Kang eventually reached the rank of Chungjang (Lieutenant General) and ended his career as the Superintendent of the Korean Military Academy in 1961, the same year as a bloodless military coup that he opposed. He was detained in Seodaemun Prison for his role against the coup.
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