Date of Birth	June 18, 1949
Place of Birth	Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do (South Jeolla Province)
Education	Feb. 1984 Graduated from Graduate School of Harvard University(Ph.D.in Economics) Feb. 1971 Graduated from Seoul National University(B.A. in Economics) Feb. 1967 Graduated from the Kyung-ki High school, Seoul, Korea
Career	Apr. 3, 2007 - present Thirty-eighth Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Aug. 2006 - Apr. 2007 Chairman, Presidential Committee on Facilitating KORUS FTA Mar. 2005 - Jul. 2006 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy Feb. 2004 - Mar. 2005 Minister, Office for Government Policy Coordination Jul. 2003 - Feb.2004 President, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade (KIET) Jan. 2002 - Jul. 2002 Senior Secretary to the President for Economic Affairs Nov. 2001 - Dec. 2001 Senior Secretary to the President for Policy & Planning Feb. 2001 - Nov. 2001 Ambassador to OECD Mar. 1998 - Feb. 2001 Minister for Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Mar. 1997 - Mar. 1998 Vice Minister, Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) Dec. 1996 - Mar. 1997 Commissioner of the Korean Industrial Property Office Dec. 1995 - Dec. 1996 Assistant Minister for International Trade, MOTIE