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Han Myung Sook, who served as premier under peacemaking president Roh Moo Hyun in 2006 and 2007, was convicted of taking about £480,000 in bribes from a....
Han Myeong-sook
37th Prime Minister of South Korea
In this Korean name, the family name is Han.
Han Myeong-sook (Korean: 한명숙; Korean pronunciation:[hanmjʌŋsʰuk]; born March 24, 1944) is a South Korean politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from April 2006 to March 2007.
She is South Korea's first female prime minister (second female prime minister overall if the acting premiership of Chang Sang is included). She was from the United New Democratic Party (UNDP) as a member of the Korean National Assembly (representative) for Ilsan-gab, and is a graduate of Ewha Womans University in Seoul with a degree in French literature.
She resigned as prime minister on March 7, 2007, and declared her presidential candidacy.
The president of the opposition Democratic United Party, Han Myeong Sook told conference attendees in Seoul today.
But she did not succeed in the nominations. In 2008 she ran for congress, but was not elected. However, in January 2012 she was elected leader of the main oppositional Democratic United Party (DUP) before the April legislative elections and