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Kim Hwang-sik
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김황식
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| 37th Prime Minister of South Korea | |
| In office 1 October 2010 – 26 February 2013 |
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| President | Lee Myung-bak |
| Preceded by | Yoon Jeung-hyun (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Jung Hong-won |
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| Born | 9 August 1948 Jangseong, South Jeolla, South Korea |
| Alma mater | Seoul National University |
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| Hangul | 김황식 |
| Hanja | 金滉植 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Hwang-sik |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Hwangsik |
Kim Hwang-sik (Hangul: 김황식; Hanja: 金滉植; born 9 August 1948) is a South Korean lawyer and politician who was the country's Prime Minister from October 2010 to February 2013 under President Lee Myung-bak. He was the former Chairperson of the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI). He was the only member in the Lee Myung-bak Government who came from the liberal Honam Region.
Biography
He was born in Jangseong, studied law at Marburg University (Germany) and graduated from Seoul National University. He passed National Judicial Examination and had since made rounds through regional courts as a judge. He served as a Supreme Court justice from 2005 to 2008. He has served as the Chairperson of Board of Audit and Inspection from September 2008. On 16 September 2010, he was nominated as the new prime minister. After the National Assembly's confirmation hearing on 29 September, Kim was confirmed as the Prime Minister on October 1, 2010. Kim quit the BAI post just halfway into its four-year term; he was the second person to be appointed prime minister straight from the top BAI post after Lee Hoi-chang.
See also
In Spanish: Kim Hwang-sik para niños
