Nam Duck-woo

남덕우12th Prime Minister of South KoreaIn office
22 September 1980 – 3 January 1982PresidentChun Doo-hwanPreceded byPark Choong-hoon (acting)Succeeded byYoo Chang-soon Personal detailsBorn(1924-04-22)April 22, 1924
Kōshū, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of JapanDiedMay 18, 2013(2013-05-18) (aged 89)
Seoul, South KoreaNationalitySouth KoreanAlma materKookmin University (BA)
Seoul National University (MA)
Oklahoma State University (PhD)OccupationPolitician, EconomistKorean nameHangulHanjaRevised RomanizationNam DeokuMcCune–ReischauerNam Tŏku

Nam Duck-woo (22 April 1924 – 18 May 2013) was the 12th prime minister of South Korea from 1980 to 1982.

Nam received his PhD in economics from Oklahoma State University. He served as finance minister from 1969 to 1974 under the presidency of Park Chung-hee. He was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea in 1974 and served in this position till 1978. Under President Chun Doo-hwan, Nam was the prime minister from 1980 to 1982.

Nam served as the International Chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) from 1983 to 1985.

On May 18, 2013, Duck-woo died of testicular cancer at the age of 89.^[1]

• Prime Minister of South Korea
• List of prime ministers of South Korea

Political offices
Preceded by Pak Choong-hoon (acting)	Prime Minister of South Korea 1980–1982	Succeeded by Yoo Chang-soon