Chung Sye-kyun

His Excellency Chung Sye-kyun
정세균
42nd Prime Minister of South Korea
In office 14 January 2020 – 17 April 2021
President	Moon Jae-in
Preceded by	Lee Nak-yeon
Succeeded by	Hong Nam-ki (acting) Kim Boo-kyum
Speaker of the National Assembly
In office 9 June 2016 – 29 May 2018
President	Park Geun-hye Hwang Kyo-ahn (Acting) Moon Jae-in
Deputy	Shim Jae-cheol Park Joo-sun
Preceded by	Chung Eui-hwa
Succeeded by	Moon Hee-sang
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 May 1996
Constituency	Jinan–Muju–Jangsu (1996–2004) Jinan–Muju–Jangsu–Imsil (2004–2012) Jongno (2012–present)
Chairman of the Democratic Party
In office 7 July 2008 – 2 August 2010
Preceded by	Sohn Hak-kyu and Park Sang-chun
Succeeded by	Park Jie-won (acting)
Chairman of the Uri Party
In office 14 February 2007 – 20 August 2007
Preceded by	Kim Geun-tae
Succeeded by	Party dissolved
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy
In office 10 February 2006 – 1 March 2007
President	Roh Moo-hyun
Preceded by	Lee Hee-beom
Succeeded by	Kim Young-joo
Personal details
Born	(1950-11-05) 5 November 1950, 26 September 1950 of the lunisolar calendar Jinan, North Jeolla, South Korea
Citizenship	South Korean
Political party	Democratic Party of Korea (−2016, 2018–)
Other political affiliations	Independent (2016–2018) as Speaker of the National Assembly, as required by law.
Spouse(s)	Choi Hye-kyung
Residence	Jongno, Seoul
Alma mater	Korea University New York University Pepperdine University Kyung Hee University (Ph.D.)
Signature
Korean name
Hangul	정세균
Hanja	丁世均
Revised Romanization	Jeong Segyun
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏng Segyun

Chung Sye-kyun (Hangul: 정세균; Hanja: 丁世均; born 5 November 1950) is a South Korean politician. He was the 42nd Prime Minister of South Korea from January 2020 until April 2021. From 2016 to 2018, he was Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea.