List of prime ministers of South Korea


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

Prime ministers of the [First [Republic of Korea|First Republic]]

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! width=160| Name
! colspan=2| Term of office
! Duration
! Party
! President
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Rhee Syng-man
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! style="background:; color:white"| 2
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Prime ministers of the Second Republic">Second Republic of Korea">Second Republic

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! Portrait
! width=160| Name
! colspan=2| Term of office
! Duration
! Political party
! President
! style="background:; color:white"| 6
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Yun Bo-seon
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! colspan=7| Chief Cabinet Ministers of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction
! style="background:; color:white"| —
! style="background:; color:white"| —
! style="background:; color:white"| —
! rowspan=2 style="font-weight:normal;"|
Park Chung-hee
! style="background:;"| —

Prime ministers of the Third Republic">Third Republic of Korea">Third Republic

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! width=160| Name
! colspan=2| Term of office
! Duration
! Political party
! President
! style="background:;"| 7
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Park Chung-hee
! style="background:;"| 8
! style="background:; color:white"|
! style="background:; color:white"| 9

Prime ministers of the Fourth Republic">Fourth Republic of Korea">Fourth Republic

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! width=160| Name
! colspan=2| Term of office
! Duration
! Political party
! President
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Park Chung-hee
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Choi Kyu-hah
! style="background:; color:white"| —
! style="background:; color:white"| 12
! style="font-weight:normal;"|
Chun Doo-hwan

Prime ministers of the Fifth Republic">Fifth Republic of Korea">Fifth Republic

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! Portrait
! width=160| Name
! colspan=2| Term of office
! Duration
! Political party
! President
! style="background:; color:white"| 13
! rowspan=7 style="font-weight:normal;"|
Chun Doo-hwan
! style="background:; color:white"| 14
! style="background:; color:white"| 15
! style="background:; color:white"| —
! style="background:; color:white"| 16
! style="background:; color:white"| —
! style="background:;"| 17

Prime ministers of the Sixth Republic">History of South Korea#Sixth Republic 1987–present">Sixth Republic

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! Portrait
! width=160| Name
! colspan=2| Term of office
! Duration
! Political party
! President
! style="background:;"| 18
! rowspan=6 style="font-weight:normal;"|
Roh Tae-woo
! rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white"| 19
! style="background:; color:white"| 20
! style="background:;"| 21
! style="background:;"| 22
! style="background:; color:white"| 23
! rowspan=6 style="font-weight:normal;"|
Kim Young-sam
! style="background:; color:white"| 24
! style="background:; color:white"| 25
! style="background:; color:white"| 26
! style="background:; color:white"| 27
! style="background:;"| 28
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! rowspan=8 style="font-weight:normal;"|
Kim Dae-jung
! style="background:; color:white"| 29
! style="background:;"| —
! style="background:; color:white"| 30
! style="background:;"| —
! style="background:;"| —
! style="background:;"| —
! style="background:;"| 31
! style="background:; color:white"|
! rowspan=7 style="font-weight:normal;"|
Roh Moo-hyun
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! style="background:; color:white"| 32
! style="background:;"| —
! style="background:; color:white"| 33
! style="background:;"| —
! style="background:;"| 34
! style="background:; color:white"| 35
! rowspan=4 style="font-weight:normal;"|
Lee Myung-bak
! style="background:; color:white"| 36
! style="background:; color:white"| —
! style="background:;"| 37
! style="background:; color:white"| 38
! rowspan=4 style="font-weight:normal;"|
Park Geun-hye
! style="background:; color:white"| 39
! style="background:; color:white"| —
! rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 40
! style="font-weight:normal;"|
Hwang Kyo-ahn
! style="background:; color:white"| —
! rowspan=3 style="font-weight:normal;"|
Moon Jae-in
! style="background:; color:white"| 41
! style="background:; color:white"| 42

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Living former prime ministers

As of , twenty-six former prime ministers of South Korea are still alive. The most recent death of a former prime minister was that of Hyun Soong-jong on 25 May 2020, aged 101.
NameTerm of officeDate of birth
Lee Hyun-jae1988
Ro Jai-bong1990–1991
Lee Hoi-chang1993–1994
Lee Hong-koo1994–1995
Lee Soo-sung1995–1997
Goh Kun1997–1998; 2003–2004
Lee Hun-jai2000; 2004
Lee Han-dong2000–2002
Chang Sang2002
Jeon Yun-churl2002
Chang Dae-whan2002
Kim Suk-soo2002–2003
Lee Hae-chan2004–2006
Han Duck-soo2006; 2007–2008
Han Myeong-sook2006–2007
Kwon Oh-kyu2007
Han Seung-soo2008–2009
Chung Un-chan2009–2010
Yoon Jeung-hyun2010
Kim Hwang-sik2010–2013
Chung Hong-won2013–2015
Lee Wan-koo2015
Choi Kyoung-hwan2015
Hwang Kyo-ahn2015–2017
Yoo Il-ho2017
Lee Nak-yeon2017–2020