Chung Un-chan

Chung Un-chan
정운찬
Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
29 September 2009  11 August 2010
PresidentLee Myung-bak
Preceded byHan Seung-soo
Succeeded byYoon Jeung-hyun (acting)
Kim Hwang-sik
Personal details
Born (1947-03-21) 21 March 1947
Gongju, southern Korea
Political partyIndependent
Alma materSeoul National University (BA)
Miami University (MA)
Princeton University (PhD)
ProfessionEconomist
Professor
Korean name
Hangul
정운찬
Hanja
鄭雲燦
RRJeong Unchan
MRChŏng Unch'an

Chung Un-chan (Korean: 정운찬; born 21 March 1947) is a South Korean academic and politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 2009 to 2010. He was a professor of Seoul National University from 1978 to 2009, serving as president of the university from 2002 to 2006. From 2018 to 2020, Chung also served as the 22nd commissioner of the Korea Baseball Organization.