Han Seung-soo
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It sits within the topics 1936 births, Academic staff of Seoul National University and Alumni of the University of York.
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Key facts
- President
- Lee Myung-bak
- Preceded by
- Han Duck-soo
- Succeeded by
- Chung Un-chan
- Born
- ( 1936-12-28 ) 28 December 1936 (age 89) , Chuncheon , Korea, Empire of Japan
- Party
- Grand National
- Alma mater
- Yonsei University ( BA ), Seoul National University ( MPA ), University of York ( PhD )
- Profession
- Economist
- Hangul
- 한승수
- Hanja
- 韓昇洙
- Rr
- Han Seungsu
- Mr
- Han Sŭngsu
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Place of birth
- Chuncheon
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Yonsei University
- Employer
- Seoul National University
- Political party
- Liberty Korea Party
- Languages spoken
- Korean
- Native language
- Korean
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Image
- Han Seung-Soo - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2009.jpg
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- Commons category
- Han Seung-soo
- date of birth
- 1936-12-28
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Han Sŭng-su
- Revised Romanization
- Han Seung-su
- name in native language
- 한승수
- P10632
- Han Seung-soo
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Encyclopedic overview
Han Seung-soo (Korean: 한승수; born 28 December 1936) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 2008 to 2009 under President Lee Myung-bak.
He was the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special Envoy on Climate Change (2007–08) and for Disaster Risk Reduction and Water (2013–18), Special Advisor to the UN/World Bank High-Level Panel on Water (2016–18), Member of the UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation Agency (UNSGAB, 2007–15), Member of the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel for Global Sustainability (GSP, 2010–12), Founding Chair of Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI, 2010–12), Temasek International Panel Member (2004–18) and Independent Non-Executive Director of Standard Chartered plc (2010–2019).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Han Seung-soo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.