Goh Kun

Goh Kun
고건
Goh in 2003
Acting President of South Korea
In office
12 March 2004  14 May 2004
PresidentRoh Moo-hyun
Prime MinisterHimself
Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
4 March 1997  3 March 1998
PresidentKim Young-sam
Kim Dae-jung
Preceded byLee Soo-sung
Succeeded byKim Jong-pil
In office
26 February 2003  25 July 2004
PresidentRoh Moo-hyun
Preceded byKim Suk-soo
Succeeded byLee Hun Jai (acting)
Lee Hae-chan
Mayor of Seoul
In office
5 December 1988  27 December 1990
Preceded byKim Yong-rae
Succeeded byPark Seh-jik
In office
1 July 1998  30 June 2002
Preceded byCho Soon
Kang Duk-ki (acting)
Succeeded byLee Myung-bak
Personal details
Born (1938-01-02) 2 January 1938
Keijō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Political partyDemocratic Justice (1980–1990)
Democratic Liberal
(1990–1995)
Democratic (1998–2007)
Alma materSeoul National University (BS, MS)
Signature
Korean name
Hangul
고건
Hanja
高建
RRGo Geon
MRKo Kŏn

Goh Kun (Korean: 고건, born 2 January 1938) is a South Korean politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 1997 to 1998 and again from 2003 to 2004. He was the acting president of South Korea at the time of Roh Moo-hyun's suspension in 2004 and the mayor of Seoul from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1998 to 2002.