Kim Yoon-ok | |
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First Lady of South Korea | |
In role 25 February 2008 – 25 February 2013 |
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President | Lee Myung-bak |
Preceded by | Kwon Yang-sook |
Succeeded by | Choi Ji-yeong (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea |
March 26, 1947
Spouse(s) |
Lee Myung-bak (1970–present) |
Relations | Lee Sang-deuk (brother-in-law) |
Children | Lee Ju-yeon (b. 1971) Lee Seung-yeon (b. 1973) Lee Su-yeon (b. 1975) Lee Shi-hyeong (b. 1978) |
Alma mater | Ewha Womans University |
Religion | Presbyterianism |
Kim Yoon-ok | |
Hangul | 김윤옥 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gim Yun-ok |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Yun'ok |
Kim Yoon-ok (Hangul: 김윤옥; Hanja: 金潤玉; born March 26, 1947) is the former First Lady of the Republic of Korea.
Kim graduated from Daegu Girls' High School in 1966 and went on to attend Ewha Womans University, where she graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts in Health Education and Management. She married Lee Myung-bak on December 19, 1970, with whom she has a son and three daughters. Her family runs a construction company in Daegu.
The family lived in Gahoedong prior to President Lee's inauguration.
In 1995, she completed the 1st Advanced Leadership Program for Women at her alma mater. In 1996, she completed the 7th Women's Top Management Program at Yonsei University. In 2001, she completed the Leadership Program of the Women's Academy at Sookmyung Women's University.
In 2011, she became the President of the Alumni Association of the Women's Top Management Program at Yonsei University.