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The following is a list of the prime ministers of South Korea from the First Republic to the Sixth Republic. The first column consecutively numbers the individuals who have served as Prime Minister, while the second column consecutively numbers the Prime Ministerial terms or administrations.

To avoid confusion, all the names on this list follow the Eastern convention (family name first, given name second) for consistency.

[edit] List of Prime Ministers of South Korea

I#	A#	Hangul	Romaja	Serving Date
Prime Ministers of the First Republic
1	1	이범석	Lee Beom-seok	1 August 1948 - 21 April 1950
—	—	신성모	Shin Sung-mo (acting)	21 April 1950 - 23 November 1950
2	2	장면	Chang Myon	23 November 1950 - 24 April 1952
—	—	허정	Heo Jeong (acting)	6 November 1951 - 9 April 1952
—	—	이윤영	Yi Yun-yong (acting)	24 April 1952 - 6 May 1952
3	3	장택상	Jang Taek-sang	6 May 1952 - 6 October 1952
—	—	백두진	Baek Du-jin (acting)	9 October 1952 - 24 April 1953
4	4	백두진	Baek Du-jin	24 April 1953 - 17 June 1954
5	5	변영태	Byeon Yeong-tae	28 June 1954 - 28 November 1954
—	—	백한성	Baek Han-seong (acting)	28 November 1954
post abolished (28 November 1954 - 27 April 1960)
Prime Ministers of the Second Republic
post restored
—	—	허정	Heo Jeong (acting)	27 April 1960 - 15 June 1960
6	6	허정	Heo Jeong	15 June 1960 - 18 August 1960
	7	장면	Chang Myon (2nd Term)	18 August 1960 - 18 May 1961
post abolished (18 May 1961 - 17 December 1963)
Chief Cabinet Ministers (Military Rule during the Second Republic)
—	—	장도영	Jang Do-yeong	21 May 1961 - 3 July 1961
—	—	송요찬	Song Yo-chan	3 July 1961 - 16 June 1962
—	—	박정희	Park Chung-hee	18 June 1962 - 10 July 1962
—	—	김현철	Kim Hyun-chul	10 July 1962 - 17 December 1963
Prime Ministers of the Third Republic
post restored
7	8	최두선	Choi Doo-sun	17 December 1963 - 10 May 1964
8	9	정일권	Chung Il-kwon	10 May 1964 - 20 December 1970
	10	백두진	Baek Du-jin (2nd Term)	20 December 1970 - 4 June 1971
9	11	김종필	Kim Jong Pil	4 June 1971 - 19 December 1975
Prime Ministers of the Fourth Republic
—	—	최규하	Choi Kyu-hah (acting)	19 December 1975 - 13 March 1976
10	12	최규하	Choi Kyu-hah	13 March 1976 - 6 December 1979
11	13	신현확	Shin Hyeon-hwak	12 December 1979 - 22 May 1980
—	—	박충훈	Park Chung-hoon (acting)	22 May 1980 - 2 September 1980
—	—	남덕우	Nam Duk-woo (acting)	2 September 1980 - 22 September 1980
12	14	남덕우	Nam Duk-woo	22 September 1980 - 4 January 1982)
Prime Ministers of the Fifth Republic
—	—	유창순	Yoo Chang-soon (acting)	4 January 1982 - 23 January 1982
13	15	유창순	Yoo Chang-soon	23 January 1982 - 24 June 1982
—	—	김상협	Kim Sang-hyeop (acting)	25 January 1982 - 20 September 1982
14	16	김상협	Kim Sang-hyeop	21 September 1982 - 14 October 1983
—	—	진의종	Jin Ui-jong (acting)	15 October 1983 - 17 October 1983
15	17	진의종	Jin Ui-jong	17 October 1983 - 18 February 1985
—	—	신병현	Sin Byeong-hyeon (acting)	11 November 1984 - 18 February 1985
—	—	노신영	Roh Shin-yeong (acting)	18 February 1985 - 16 May 1985
16	18	노신영	Roh Shin-yeong	16 May 1985 - 26 May 1987
—	—	이한기	Lee Han-ki (acting)	26 May 1987 - 14 July 1987
—	—	김정렬	Kim Jeong-ryeol (acting)	14 July 1987 - 7 August 1987
17	19	김정렬	Kim Jeong-ryeol	7 August 1987 - 25 February 1988
Prime Ministers of the Sixthh Republic
Roh Tae-woo Administration
—	—	이현재	Lee Hyun-jae (acting)	25 February - 2 March 1988
18	20	이현재	Lee Hyun-jae	2 March 1988 - 5 December 1988
—	—	강영훈	Kang Young-hoon	5 December 1988 - 16 December 1988
19	21	강영훈	Kang Young-hoon	16 December 1988 - 27 December 1990
—	—	노재봉	Roh Jae-bong (acting)	27 December 1990 - 22 January 1991
20	22	노재봉	Roh Jae-bong	22 January 1991 - 24 May 1991
—	—	정원식	Chung Won-shik (acting)	24 May - 7 July 1991
21	23	정원식	Chung Won-shik	8 July 1991 - 8 October 1992
22	24	현승종	Hyun Seung-jong	8 October 1992 - 25 February 1993
Kim Young-sam Administration
23	25	황인성	Hwang In-sung	25 February - 17 December 1993
24	26	이회창	Lee Hoi-chang	17 December 1993 - 22 April 1994
25	27	이영덕	Lee Yeong-duk	29 April - 17 December 1994
26	28	이홍구	Lee Hong-koo	17 December 1994 - 18 December 1995
27	29	이수성	Lee Soo-sung	18 December 1995 - 4 March 1997
28	30	고건	Goh Kun	4 March 1997 - 3 March 1998
Kim Dae-jung Administration
—	—	김종필	Kim Jong-pil (acting)	3 March 1998 - 17 August 1998
	31	김종필	Kim Jong-pil (2nd Term)	17 August 1998 - 13 January 2000
29	32	박태준	Park Tae-joon	13 January 2000 - 19 May 2000
—	—	이현재	Lee Hun-jai (acting)	19 May 2000 - 22 May 2000
—	—	이한동	Lee Han-dong (acting)	22 May 2000 - 29 June 2000
30	33	이한동	Lee Han-dong	29 June 2000 - 11 July 2002
—	—	장상	Chang Sang (acting)	11 July 2002 - 31 July 2002
—	—	장대환	Jeon Yun-churl (acting)	31 July 2002 - 9 August 2002
—	—	김석수	Chang Dae-whan (acting)	9 August 2002 - 10 September 2002
—	—	김석수	Kim Suk-soo (acting)	10 September 2002 - 5 October 2002
31	34	김석수	Kim Suk-soo	5 October 2002 - 26 February 2003
Roh Moo-hyun Administration
	35	고건	Goh Kun (2nd Term)	26 February 2003 - 25 May 2004
—	—	이현재	Lee Hun-jai (acting)	25 May 2004 - 30 June 2004
32	36	이해찬	Lee Hae-chan	30 June 2004 - 14 March 2006
—	—	한덕수	Han Duck-soo (acting)	14 March - 19 April 2006
33	37	한명숙	Han Myung Sook	20 April 2006 - 7 March 2007
—	—	권오규	Kwon O-kyu (acting)	7 March 2007 - 2 April 2007
34	38	한덕수	Han Duck-soo	2 April 2007 - 29 February 2008
Lee Myung-bak Administration
35	39	한승수	Han Seung-soo	29 February 2008 - 28 September 2009
36	40	정운찬	Chung Un-chan	28 September 2009 - present

[edit] See also

• Prime Minister of South Korea

[edit] References