Nam Duck-woo

Nam Duck-woo (22 April 1924 – 18 May 2013) was the prime minister of South Korea from 1980 to 1982.

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Nam Duck-woo
남덕우
Prime Minister of South Korea
In office 22 September 1980 – 3 January 1982
President	Chun Doo-hwan
Preceded by	Shin Hyun-hwak Park Choong-hoon (acting)
Succeeded by	Yoo Chang-soon
Personal details
Born	(1924-04-22)April 22, 1924 Kōshū, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died	May 18, 2013(2013-05-18) (aged 89) Seoul, South Korea
Nationality	South Korean
Alma mater	Kookmin University (BA) Seoul National University (MA) Oklahoma State University (PhD)
Occupation	Politician, Economist
Korean name
Hangul	남덕우
Hanja	南悳祐
RR	Nam Deoku
MR	Nam Tŏgu
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Nam received his PhD in economics from Oklahoma State University. He served as finance minister from 1969 to 1974 under the presidency of Park Chung Hee. He was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea in 1974 and served in this position till 1978. Under President Chun Doo-hwan, Nam was the prime minister from 1980 to 1982.

Nam served as the International Chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) from 1983 to 1985.

On May 18, 2013, Duck-woo died of testicular cancer at the age of 89.^[1]

1. ^ "Former Prime Minister Nam Duck-woo dies at 89". Yonhap. Seoul. May 19, 2013.

Political offices
Preceded by Pak Choong-hoon (acting)	Prime Minister of South Korea 1980–1982	Succeeded by Yoo Chang-soon

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