Lee Hong-koo
Lee Hong-koo | |
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이홍구 | |
Lee in 1999 | |
| Prime Minister of South Korea | |
| In office 17 December 1994 – 18 December 1995 | |
| President | Kim Young-sam |
| Preceded by | Lee Yung-dug |
| Succeeded by | Lee Soo-sung |
| South Korean Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 28 April 1998 – 1 August 2000 | |
| President | Kim Dae-jung |
| Preceded by | Park Kun-woo |
| Succeeded by | Yang Sung-chul |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 May 1934 Keiki Province, Korea, Empire of Japan |
| Alma mater | Emory University (BA) Yale University (MA, PhD) |
| Lee Hong-koo | |
| Hangul | 이홍구 |
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| Hanja | 李洪九 |
| RR | I Honggu |
| MR | I Honggu |
Lee Hong-Koo (Korean: 이홍구; Hanja: 李洪九; born 9 May 1934) is a South Korean former academic and politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 1994 to 1995. Lee also held office as South Korean ambassador to the United Kingdom and United States and was the founding chairman of the East Asia Institute in Seoul.