Chung Hong-won

{{Short description|South Korean politician (born 1944)}} {{family name hatnote|Jung||lang=Korean}} {{expand Korean|topic=bio|date=February 2013}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[Excellency|His Excellency]] |name = Jung Hong-won |native_name = {{nobold|정홍원}} |native_name_lang = ko |image = Chung Hong-won small.jpg |office = 42nd [[Prime Minister of South Korea]] |president = [[Park Geun Hye]] |term_start = February 26, 2013 |term_end = February 16, 2015 |predecessor = [[Kim Hwang-sik]] |successor = [[Lee Wan-koo]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|10|9|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Hadong County|Kato County]], [[Korea under Japanese rule|Korea, Empire of Japan]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Liberty Korea Party|Saenuri Party]] |alma_mater = [[Sungkyunkwan University]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]]) |module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto |hangul = %정홍원 |hanja = 鄭烘原 |child = yes }} }} '''Jung Hong-won'''<ref>[https://www.opm.go.kr/en/prime/former_prime.do Former Prime Ministers]</ref> ({{korean|hangul = 정홍원}}; born 9 October 1944<ref>{{cite web |author={{lang|ko|종합 경제정보 미디어 이데일리 - 상업적 무단전재 & 재배포 금지 }} |url=http://www.edaily.co.kr/news/NewsRead.edy?SCD=JF21&newsid=01656406602708552&DCD=A00602&OutLnkChk=Y |script-title=ko:▒이데일리-세상을 올바르게,세상을 따뜻하게▒ |publisher={{ill|Edaily|ko|이데일리}} |date=2005-10-25 |access-date=2014-04-27 |archive-date=2017-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910172726/http://www.edaily.co.kr/news/NewsRead.edy?SCD=JF21&newsid=01656406602708552&DCD=A00602&OutLnkChk=Y |url-status=dead }}</ref>) is a South Korean politician who served as the [[prime minister of South Korea]] from 2013 to 2015 under President [[Park Geun-hye|Park Geun Hye]].<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/26/world/asia/south-korea-ship-sinking/ |title=South Korean prime minister resigns over ferry disaster response - CNN.com |date=26 April 2014 |publisher=CNN |access-date=2014-04-27}}</ref> Jung is a former member of the [[Liberty Korea Party|Saenuri Party]].

==Early life and education== Jung graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (undergraduate) from [[Sungkyunkwan University]].<ref name="naver1">{{cite web|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=100&oid=003&aid=0004971093 |script-title=ko:[종합][프로필]정홍원 국무총리 후보자 |language=ko |publisher=[[Naver News]] |date=2013-02-08 |access-date=2014-04-27}}</ref> After passing the Judicial Examination,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=100&oid=003&aid=0004970855 |script-title=ko:[프로필]정홍원 국무총리 후보자 |language=ko |publisher=[[Naver News]] |date=2013-02-08 |access-date=2014-04-27}}</ref> he became a prosecutor.

==Career== Jung became known after solving several high-profile cases, such as the [[Lee-Chang scandal]],<ref name="naver1"/> in which relatives of President [[Chun Doo-hwan]] were prosecuted, and the Walker Hill Casino scandal.<ref name="naver1"/>

Jung resigned from his job as a prosecutor in 2003 and then served the president of the {{ill|Institute of Justice|ko|법무연수원}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lrti.go.kr/homepage/institute/DirectorAction.do?method=popup&dictSeqNo=27&_TOK=1398868882090 |script-title=ko:법무연수원 사이버교육센터 |access-date=2014-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501235519/http://www.lrti.go.kr/homepage/institute/DirectorAction.do?method=popup&dictSeqNo=27&_TOK=1398868882090 |archive-date=2014-05-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> From 2004 to 2006, he served as the Standing Commissioner of the [[National Election Commission of South Korea|Republic of Korea National Election Commission]].<ref>[http://www.nec.go.kr/portal/bbs/view/B0000128/196.do?searchCnd=&searchWrd=&useAt=&replyAt=&menuNo=200359&sdate=&edate=&deptId=&viewType=&searchDeptId=&searchDeptName=&searchYn=&section=&searchSection=&searchOption1=&searchOption2=&searchOption3=&searchOption4=&searchOption5=&searchYear=&searchMonth=&scDs=&sgId=0&sgTypecode=null&scSggid=&scWiwid=&scWiwidDp2=&mppLink=&hotIssueYn=&delCode=0&sortGb=&lang=&pageIndex=1 역대상임위원({{Korean|hangul=글 읽기|labels=no}})<상임위원소개<위원장 및 위원<위원회안내< 중앙선거관리위원회]</ref> From 2008 to 2011, he served as the president of {{ill|Korea Legal Aid Corporation|ko|대한법률구조공단}}.<ref>[http://www.klac.or.kr/html/view.do?code=113 공단소개>기관장>역대이사장]</ref>

Before the [[2012 South Korean legislative election|2012 general election]], he entered the [[Liberty Korea Party|Saenuri Party]]. On 8 February 2013, he was nominated as the first Prime Minister of President-elect [[Park Geun-hye]]'s government. On 26 February 2013, after the [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly of South Korea]] confirmed his nomination, he was formally sworn in. On 27 April 2014, he tendered his prime ministership resignation to the president following the [[Sinking of the MV Sewol|Sinking of the MV ''Sewol'']] on 16 April 2014, during which more than 300 people were killed.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> President Park accepted the resignation in principle, but Jung continued to lead the Cabinet after the search and rescue operations of the Sewol came to an end.<ref>[https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/04/113_156285.html Park to stick to current Cabinet for June polls]</ref> Few were nominated to replace Jung, including [[Ahn Dae-hee]], but none of them were able to replace him.

Jung was formally replaced as prime minister on 16 February 2015.<ref>[http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2015/02/16/34/0301000000AEN20150216001851315F.html (LEAD) Parliament endorses PM nominee]</ref>

==External links== * {{in lang|ko}} [https://www.opm.go.kr/opm/prime/past-oversea.do 국무총리] * [https://www.opm.go.kr/en/prime/former_prime.do Prime Minister]

==References== {{Commons category|Jung Hong-won}} {{Reflist}}

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