Han-bin Lee
Han-bin Lee | |
|---|---|
| 이한빈 | |
| 8th Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea | |
| In office December 13, 1979 – May 22, 1980 | |
| President | Choi Kyu-hah |
| Prime Minister | Shin Hyun-hwak |
| Vice President | Position abolished |
| Leader | Chun Doo-hwan |
| Preceded by | Shin Hyun-hwak |
| Succeeded by | Kim Won-ki
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| Minister of Economy and Finance | |
| In office December 13, 1979 – May 22, 1980 | |
| President | Choi Kyu-hah |
| Prime Minister | Shin Hyun-hwak |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 February 1926 |
| Died | 21 January 2004 (aged 77) |
| Relatives | Hanju Lee Paul K. Ryu Hwang Kyung Koh Mi Sun Cho |
| Education | Seoul National University (BA, PhD) Harvard Business School (MBA) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이한빈 |
| RR | I Hanbin |
| MR | I Hanbin |
Han-bin Lee (also known as Lee Han-bin and Hahn-Been Lee) was a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the 14th Deputy Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic of Korea.
Lee served as South Korea's Ambassador to Switzerland from 1963 to 1965. During this time Lee was instrumental in establishing the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Switzerland. In 1979, Lee became South Korea's 14th Deputy Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic of Korea. As Deputy Prime Minister and minister of the Economic Planning Board of Korea, Lee contributed to maintaining Korea's economic stability by leading the nation's economic policies.
The Lee Han-bin Hope Scholarship at Seoul National University provides student scholarships to the Graduate School of Public Administration.