Han Seung-soo

His Excellency Han Seung-soo
한승수
Han in 2009
35th Prime Minister of South Korea
In office 29 February 2008 – 28 September 2009
President	Lee Myung-bak
Preceded by	Han Deok-Su
Succeeded by	Chung Un-chan
Chief Presidential Secretary
In office 23 December 1994 – 21 December 1995
President	Kim Young-sam
Preceded by	Park Kwan-yong
Succeeded by	Kim Kwang-il
Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea
In office 2001–2001
United Nations General Assembly
In office 2001–2001
Personal details
Born	(1936-12-28) 28 December 1936 Chuncheon, Kangwon, Japanese Korea (now Chuncheon, Gangwon, South Korea)
Political party	Grand National
Alma mater	Yonsei University Seoul National University University of York
Profession	Economist
Korean name
Hangul	한승수
Hanja	韓昇洙
Revised Romanization	Han Seung-su
McCune–Reischauer	Han Sŭngsu
Pen name
Hangul	춘강
Hanja	春崗
Revised Romanization	Chungang
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ungang
Korean royal family (Cheongju Han clan)

Han Seung-soo (born 28 December 1936) is a South Korean politician. He was Prime Minister of South Korea from 29 February 2008 to 28 September 2009, and was the President of the 56th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, in 2001 and 2002.

In 2004, he was honored as an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.