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Yoo Chang-soon

South Korean politician

유창순13th Prime Minister of South KoreaIn office
23 January 1982 – 24 June 1982PresidentChun Doo-hwanPreceded byNam Duck-wooSucceeded byKim Sang-hyup Personal detailsBorn(1918-08-06)6 August 1918
Anshū, Heian'nan-dō, Korea, Empire of JapanDied3 June 2010(2010-06-03) (aged 91)
Seoul, South KoreaNationalitySouth KoreanAlma materHastings CollegeOccupationPoliticianKorean nameHangul

유창순

Hanja

劉彰順

Revised RomanizationYu ChangsunMcCune–ReischauerYu Ch'angsun

Yoo Chang-soon (6 August 1918 – 2 June 2010) was the Prime Minister of South Korea from 4 January 1982 to 24 June 1982.^[1] Yoo was born in Anju, South Pyongan, a city located in present-day North Korea, and attended the Pyongyang Commercial School (평양상업학교).^[2] He went on to tertiary education at Hastings College in Nebraska, graduating in 1950. The following year, he entered the service of the South Korean government, working at the Bank of Korea's Tokyo branch.^[3] He was governor of the Bank of Korea from 1961 to 1962.

References

^ "Former prime minister Yoo passes away". The Korea Herald. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
^ "유창순 전 국무총리 숙환으로 별세", Chosun Ilbo, 2010-06-03, retrieved 2011-09-30
^ "유창순 전 국무총리 별세", The Hankyoreh, 2010-06-30, retrieved 2011-09-30