Lee Ju-ho

Lee Ju-ho
이주호
Lee in 2025
Acting President of South Korea
In office
2 May 2025  4 June 2025
Prime MinisterHimself (acting)
Preceded byHan Duck-soo (acting)
Succeeded byLee Jae-myung
Acting Prime Minister of South Korea
Assumed office
2 May 2025
PresidentHimself (acting)
Lee Jae-myung
DeputyHimself
Preceded byHan Duck-soo
Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Education
Assumed office
7 November 2022
Prime MinisterHan Duck-soo
Choi Sang-mok (acting)
Han Duck-soo
Himself (acting)
Preceded byPark Soon-ae
Minister of Education, Science and Technology
In office
31 August 2010  11 March 2013
PresidentLee Myung-bak
Preceded byAhn Byong-man
Succeeded bySeo Nam-soo
Personal details
Born (1961-02-17) 17 February 1961
Chilgok County, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Grand National Party
SpousePark Eun-jin
Alma mater
Korean name
Hangul
이주호
Hanja
李周浩
RRI Juho
MRI Chuho

Lee Ju-ho (Korean: 이주호; born 17 February 1961) is a South Korean economist who served as the acting president of South Korea from May to June 2025 and has served as the acting prime minister of South Korea since May 2025. He has also served as the deputy prime minister and education minister since 2022.

He is a professor at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management. From 1 May 2025 to 4 June 2025, after the impeachment of president Yoon Suk Yeol, resignation of prime minister Han Duck-soo, and subsequent resignation of minister of economy Choi Sang-mok, Lee was the acting President of South Korea, acting Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Education concurrently.