List of Prime Ministers of South Korea

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

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.

List of Prime Ministers of South Korea

      Conservative       Liberal / Centrist       Independent

I#	A#	Portrait	Hangul	Hanja	Romaja	Term of office		Days	President
Prime Ministers of the First Republic
1	1		이범석	李範奭	Yi Pom-sok I Beomseok	1 August 1948	21 April 1950	628	Rhee Syng-man
—	—		신성모	申性模	Shin Song-mo (acting) Sin Seongmo	21 April 1950	23 November 1950	216
2	2		장면	張勉	Chang Myon (John M. Chang) Jang Myeon	23 November 1950	24 April 1952	518
—	—		허정	許政	Ho Chong (acting) Heo Jeong	6 November 1951	9 April 1952	155
—	—		이윤영	李允荣	Yi Yun-yong (acting) I Yunyeong	24 April 1952	6 May 1952	27
3	3		장택상	張澤相	Chang Taek-sang Jang Taegsang	6 May 1952	6 October 1952	153
—	—		백두진	白斗鎮	Paik Too-chin (acting) Baek Dujin	9 October 1952	24 April 1953	200
4	4		백두진	白斗鎮	Paik Too-chin Baek Dujin	24 April 1953	17 June 1954	419
5	5		변영태	卞荣泰	Pyon Yong-tae Byeon Yeongtae	28 June 1954	28 November 1954	164
—	—		백한성	白漢成	Paek Han-song (acting) Baek Hanseong	28 November 1954	28 November 1954	0
post abolished (28 November 1954 - 27 April 1960)
Prime Ministers of the Second Republic
post restored
—	—		허정	許政	Ho Chong (acting) Heo Jeong	27 April 1960	15 June 1960	49	Yun Bo-seon
6	6		허정	許政	Ho Chong Heo Jeong	15 June 1960	18 August 1960	64
(2)	7		장면	張勉	Chang Myon (John M. Chang) (2nd Term) Jang Myeon	18 August 1960	18 May 1961	273
post abolished (18 May 1961 - 17 December 1963)
Chief Cabinet Ministers (Military Rule during the Second Republic)
post restored
—	—		장도영	張都暎	Jang Do-young Jang Doyeong	21 May 1961	3 July 1961	43	Yun Bo-seon
—	—		송요찬	宋堯讚	Song Yo-chan Song Yochan	3 July 1961	16 June 1962	348
—	—		박정희	朴正熙	Park Chung-hee Bak Jeonghui	18 June 1962	10 July 1962	24	Park Chung-hee
—	—		김현철	金顯哲	Kim Hyun-chul Gim Hyeoncheol	10 July 1962	17 December 1963	525
Prime Ministers of the Third Republic
7	8		최두선	崔斗善	Choi Tu-son Choe Duseon	17 December 1963	10 May 1964	145	Park Chung-hee
8	9		정일권	丁一权	Chung Il-kwon Jeong Ilgweon	10 May 1964	20 December 1970	2415
(4)	10		백두진	白斗鎮	Paik Too-chin (2nd Term) Baek Dujin	20 December 1970	4 June 1971	166
9	11		김종필	金鍾泌	Kim Jong-pil Gim Jongpil	4 June 1971	19 December 1975	1659
Prime Ministers of the Fourth Republic
—	—		최규하	崔圭夏	Choi Kyu-hah (acting) Choe Gyuha	19 December 1975	13 March 1976	85	Park Chung-hee
10	12		최규하	崔圭夏	Choi Kyu-hah Choe Gyuha	13 March 1976	6 December 1979	1363
11	13		신현확	申铉确	Shin Hyun-hwak Sin Hyeonhwak	12 December 1979	22 May 1980	168	Choi Kyu-hah
—	—		박충훈	朴忠勋	Pak Choong-hoon (acting) Bak Chunghun	22 May 1980	2 September 1980	103	Chun Doo-hwan
—	—		남덕우	南德祐	Nam Duck-woo (acting) Nam Deogu	2 September 1980	22 September 1980	20
12	14		남덕우	南德祐	Nam Duck-woo Nam Deogu	22 September 1980	4 January 1982	469
Prime Ministers of the Fifth Republic
—	—		유창순	劉彰順	Yoo Chang-soon (acting) Yu Changsun	4 January 1982	23 January 1982	19	Chun Doo-hwan
13	15		유창순	劉彰順	Yoo Chang-soon Yu Changsun	23 January 1982	24 June 1982	152
—	—		김상협	金相浹	Kim Sang-hyup (acting) Gim Sanghyeob	25 January 1982	20 September 1982	88
14	16		김상협	金相浹	Kim Sang-hyup Gim Sanghyeob	21 September 1982	14 October 1983	389
—	—		진의종	陳懿鍾	Chin Iee-chong (acting) Jin Uijong	15 October 1983	17 October 1983	3
15	17		진의종	陳懿鍾	Chin Iee-chong Jin Uijong	17 October 1983	11 November 1984	397
—	—		신병현	申秉鉉	Sin Byeong-hyeon (acting) Sin Byeonghyeon	11 November 1984	18 February 1985	93
—	—		노신영	盧信永	Lho Shin-yong (acting) No Sinyeong	18 February 1985	16 May 1985	87
16	18		노신영	盧信永	Lho Shin-yong No Sinyeong	16 May 1985	26 May 1987	740
—	—		이한기	李漢基	Lee Han-key (acting) I Hangi	26 May 1987	14 July 1987	49
—	—		김정렬	金貞烈	Kim Chung-yul (acting) Gim Jeongryeol	14 July 1987	7 August 1987	24
17	19		김정렬	金貞烈	Kim Chung-yul Gim Jeongryeol	7 August 1987	25 February 1988	202
Prime Ministers of the Sixth Republic
—	—		이현재	李賢宰	Lee Hyun-jae (acting) I Hyeonjae	25 February 1988	2 March 1988	6	Roh Tae-woo
18	20		이현재	李賢宰	Lee Hyun-jae I Hyeonjae	2 March 1988	5 December 1988	278
—	—		강영훈	姜英勛	Kang Young-hoon Gang Yeonghun	5 December 1988	16 December 1988	11
19	21		강영훈	姜英勛	Kang Young-hoon Gang Yeonghun	16 December 1988	27 December 1990	741
—	—		노재봉	盧在鳳	Ro Jai-bong (acting) No Jaebong	27 December 1990	22 January 1991	26
20	22		노재봉	盧在鳳	Ro Jai-bong No Jaebong	22 January 1991	24 May 1991	122
—	—		정원식	鄭元植	Chung Won-shik (acting) Jeong Weonsik	24 May 1991	7 July 1991	44
21	23		정원식	鄭元植	Chung Won-shik Jeong Weonsik	8 July 1991	8 October 1992	459
22	24		현승종	玄勝鍾	Hyun Soong-jong Hyeon Seungjong	8 October 1992	25 February 1993	140
23	25		황인성	黃寅性	Hwang In-sung Hwang Inseong	25 February 1993	17 December 1993	295	Kim Young-sam
24	26		이회창	李會昌	Lee Hoi-chang I Hoechang	17 December 1993	22 April 1994	126
25	27		이영덕	李榮徳	Lee Yung-dug I Yeongdeog	29 April 1994	17 December 1994	239
26	28		이홍구	李洪九	Lee Hong-koo I Honggu	17 December 1994	18 December 1995	366
27	29		이수성	李壽成	Lee Soo-sung I Suseong	18 December 1995	4 March 1997	442
28	30		고건	高建	Goh Kun Go Geon	4 March 1997	3 March 1998	364
—	—		김종필	金鍾泌	Kim Jong-pil (acting) Gim Jongpil	3 March 1998	17 August 1998	167	Kim Dae-jung
(9)	31		김종필	金鍾泌	Kim Jong-pil (2nd Term) Gim Jongpil	17 August 1998	13 January 2000	514
29	32		박태준	朴泰俊	Park Tae-joon Bak Taejun	13 January 2000	19 May 2000	127
—	—		이현재	李賢宰	Lee Hun-jai (acting) I Hyeonjae	19 May 2000	22 May 2000	3
—	—		이한동	李漢東	Lee Han-dong (acting) I Handong	22 May 2000	29 June 2000	38
30	33		이한동	李漢東	Lee Han-dong I Handong	29 June 2000	11 July 2002	742
—	—		장상	張裳	Chang Sang (acting) Jang Sang	11 July 2002	31 July 2002	20
—	—		전윤철	田允喆	Jeon Yun-churl (acting) Jeon Yuncheol	31 July 2002	9 August 2002	9
—	—		장대환	張大煥	Chang Dae-whan (acting) Jang Daehwan	9 August 2002	10 September 2002	32
—	—		김석수	金碩洙	Kim Suk-soo (acting) Gim Seogsu	10 September 2002	5 October 2002	25
31	34		김석수	金碩洙	Kim Suk-soo Gim Seogsu	5 October 2002	26 February 2003	144
(28)	35		고건	高建	Goh Kun (2nd Term) Go Geon	26 February 2003	25 May 2004	423	Roh Moo-hyun
—	—		이현재	李賢宰	Lee Hun-jai (acting) I Hyeonjae	25 May 2004	30 June 2004	67
32	36		이해찬	李海瓚	Lee Hea-chan I Haechan	30 June 2004	14 March 2006	622
—	—		한덕수	韓德洙	Han Duck-soo (acting) Han Deogsu	14 March 2006	19 April 2006	36
33	37		한명숙	韓明淑	Han Myeong-sook Han Myeongsug	20 April 2006	7 March 2007	322
—	—		권오규	權五奎	Kwon O-kyu (acting) Gweon Ogyu	7 March 2007	2 April 2007	26
34	38		한덕수	韓德洙	Han Duck-soo Han Deogsu	2 April 2007	29 February 2008	333
35	39		한승수	韓昇洙	Han Seung-soo Han Seungsu	29 February 2008	28 September 2009	577	Lee Myung-bak
36	40		정운찬	鄭雲燦	Chung Un-chan Jeong Unchan	28 September 2009	11 August 2010	317
—	—		윤증현	尹増鉉	Yoon Jeung-hyun (acting) Yun Jeunghyeon	11 August 2010	1 October 2010	51
37	41		김황식	金滉植	Kim Hwang-sik Gim Hwangsik	1 October 2010	Incumbent (Term expires 2013)	601

See also

• Prime Minister of South Korea