Lee Hoi-chang

Lee Hoi-chang
이회창
Lee in 2010
Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
17 December 1993  21 April 1994
PresidentKim Young-sam
Preceded byHwang In-sung
Succeeded byLee Yung-dug
Other offices
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 2008  29 May 2012
Preceded byHong Moon-pyo
Succeeded byHong Moon-pyo
ConstituencyHongseongYesan
In office
30 May 2000  10 December 2002
ConstituencyProportional representation
In office
4 June 1999  29 May 2000
Preceded byHong Joon-pyo
Succeeded byMaeng Hyung-gyu
ConstituencySeoul Songpa A
Leader of the Liberty Forward Party
In office
1 February 2008  9 May 2011
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byByun Woong-jeon
Leader of the Grand National Party
In office
30 August 1998  20 May 2002
Preceded byCho Soon
Succeeded byPark Kwan-yong (acting)
Leader of the New Korea Party
In office
30 September 1997  21 November 1997
Preceded byKim Young-sam
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born (1935-06-02) 2 June 1935
Sohung County, Kōkai Province, Korea, Empire of Japan
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
New Korea (1996–1997)
Grand National (1997–2007)
Independent (2007–2008)
Liberty Forward (2008–2012)
Saenuri (2012–2017)
SpouseHan In-ok
Children2
Alma materSeoul National University
ReligionRoman Catholic
Signature
Korean name
Hangul
이회창
Hanja
李會昌
RRI Hoechang
MRI Hoech'ang
IPAi.hø.tɕʰaŋ
Art name
Hangul
경사
Hanja
俓史
RRGyeongsa
MRKyŏngsa

Lee Hoi-chang (Korean: 이회창; pronounced [i.hø.tɕʰaŋ]; born June 2, 1935) is a South Korean politician and lawyer who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 1993 to 1994. A political independent, he was a candidate in the 1997, 2002, and 2007 South Korean presidential elections. Prior to his presidential campaigns, Lee served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Korea.