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Lee Ju-ho
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| 이주호 | |
Lee in 2024
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| Acting President of South Korea | |
| Assumed office 2 May 2025 |
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| Prime Minister | Himself (acting) |
| Preceded by | Han Duck-soo (acting) |
| Acting Prime Minister of South Korea | |
| Assumed office 2 May 2025 |
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| President | Himself (acting) |
| Deputy | Himself |
| Preceded by | Han Duck-soo |
| Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education |
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| Assumed office 7 November 2022 |
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| Prime Minister | Han Duck-soo Choi Sang-mok (acting) Han Duck-soo Himself (acting) |
| Preceded by | Park Soon-ae |
| Minister of Education, Science and Technology | |
| In office 31 August 2010 – 11 March 2013 |
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| President | Lee Myung-bak |
| Preceded by | Ahn Byong-man |
| Succeeded by | Seo Nam-soo |
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| Born | 17 February 1961 Chilgok County, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | Park Eun-jin |
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Lee Ju-ho (Hangul: 이주호; born 17 February 1961) is a South Korean economist who has served as the acting president of South Korea and acting prime minister of South Korea since May 2025. He has also served as the deputy prime minister and education minister since 2022.
He is a professor at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management. As of 1 May 2025, after the impeachment of president Yoon Suk Yeol, resignation of prime minister Han Duck-soo, and subsequent resignation of minister of economy Choi Sang-mok, Lee is the acting President of South Korea, acting Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education concurrently.
Early life
Lee Joo-ho was born in Chilgok County, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea on 17 February 1961.
Lee holds three degrees in economics – a bachelor's and a master's from Seoul National University and a doctorate from Cornell University.
Career
He served as a Korea Development Institute professor before entering the 17th National Assembly as a proportional representative in 2004. In January 2009, he served as the First Vice Minister of Education, Science and Technology in the Lee Myung-bak government, and as Minister in 2010, serving in that role until 2013. He was appointed as Minister once more in 2022 in the Yoon Suk Yeol government.
As minister, Lee oversaw several key education changes. He established the Neulbom School program, which provided free after-school care to young elementary students, and oversaw efforts to increase medical school enrollment by 2,000 seats, which ultimately failed. He also advocated for the use of digital textbooks, particularly artificial intelligence-based textbooks introduced this school year.
On 2 May 2025, Lee ascended to the presidency and the premiership, which came after the sudden resignations of the previous acting president and prime minister, Han Duck-soo and the deputy prime minister, Choi Sang-mok. As acting president, Lee directed the military to elevate its preparedness posture to the "highest level," and called for meticulous preparations to ensure the "orderly" and "fair" conduct of the presidential election on June 3. Lee also directed acting Defense Minister Kim Seon-ho to thoroughly oversee military surveillance and readiness and to elevate the country's military preparedness posture to the highest level, to be able to respond "rapidly and sternly" to any and all types of provocations, also directing all public servants to maintain strict discipline when it came to their work and political neutrality ahead of the presidential election.
See also
In Spanish: Lee Ju-ho para niños
