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Han Myeong-sook

1944 - Today

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Han Myeong-sook (Korean: 한명숙; Korean pronunciation: [han mjʌŋsʰuk]; born March 24, 1944) is a South Korean politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from April 2006 to March 2007. She is South Korea's first female prime minister (second female prime minister overall if the acting premiership of Chang Sang is included). She was from the United New Democratic Party (UNDP) as a member of the Korean National Assembly (representative) for Ilsan-gab, and is a graduate of Ewha Womans University in Seoul with a degree in French literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Han Myeong-sook has received more than 94,233 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Han Myeong-sook is the 10,627th most popular politician (up from 11,509th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from North Korea (down from 87th in 2019) and the 67th most popular North Korean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Han Myeong-sook ranks 10,627 out of 19,576. Before her are Vicente López y Planes, Sewadjkare, Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Rainald of Dassel, Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, and Mihailo Vojislavljević. After her are Demetrius of Montferrat, Catherine of Bulgaria, Alexander Dutov, Pedro Santana, Ernest Monis, and Branko Crvenkovski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Han Myeong-sook ranks 291. Before her are Aleksandr Serebrov, Sandra Faber, Boris Mikhailov, Jerry Springer, Pedro Barreto, and Gladys Knight. After her are Vlastimil Hort, Lars Norén, Catherine Schell, Alex Metreveli, Sigiswald Kuijken, and Jim Gray.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Han Myeong-sook ranks 88 out of 162. Before her are Hong Song-nam (1929), Ri Sol-ju (1980), Kim Yo-jong (1988), Ahn Changho (1876), Dongcheon of Goguryeo (209), and Sansang of Goguryeo (200). After her are Akira Takarada (1934), Sindae of Goguryeo (89), Kim Jong-chul (1981), Chadae of Goguryeo (71), Kim Hyon-hui (1962), and Pak Seung-zin (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In North Korea

Among politicians born in North Korea, Han Myeong-sook ranks 67. Before her are Chungsuk of Goryeo (1294), Hong Song-nam (1929), Kim Yo-jong (1988), Ahn Changho (1876), Dongcheon of Goguryeo (209), and Sansang of Goguryeo (200). After her are Sindae of Goguryeo (89), Kim Jong-chul (1981), Chadae of Goguryeo (71), Jungcheon of Goguryeo (224), Minjung of Goguryeo (10), and Seocheon of Goguryeo (250).

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