What is Chung Won-shik?
{{Korean name|Chung}} '''Chung Won-shik''' (5 August 1928 &ndash; 12 April 2020) was a [[South Korea]]n politician, educator, soldier, and author. He was the 23rd [[Prime Minister of South Korea]] from 1991 through 1992. From 1951 to 1955, he served as an officer in the [[South Korea]]n Army. Following that, he worked as a professor of [[Seoul National University]]. He served as South Korea's Education Minister from 1988 through 1990. President [[Roh Tae-woo]] named him Acting Prime Minister on 24 May 1991.<ref name=NYT1>{{cite news|title=South Korean Leader Names Prime Minister|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/428063271|access-date=19 June 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=24 May 1991|id={{ProQuest|428063271}} }}{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On 8 July 1991, he was appointed Prime Minister of South Korea. He ran for mayor of [[Seoul]] in 1995, but lost. Chung died on 12 April 2020 in [[Seoul]] of [[kidney disease]] at the age of 91.<ref>[https://www.hankyung.com/society/2020041238597 '격동의 시대'를 살았던 보수원로, 정원식 전 국무총리 별세] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412070023/https://www.hankyung.com/society/2020041238597 |date=2020-04-12 }} {{in lang|ko}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chung, Won-shik}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of South Korea]] [[Category:South Korean writers]] [[Category:South Korean academics]] [[Category:Politicians from Seoul]] {{bio-stub}}