What is Lee Hae-chan?
{{Korean name|Lee}} '''Lee Hae-chan''' ({{korean|hangul=이해찬|hanja=李海瓚}}, born July 10 1957) is a [[Korea]]n politician, journalist and writer. In 2004, he became the 36th [[Prime minister]] of [[South Korea]]. He was the 38th education minister from March 3, 1998, to May 24, 1999. He became deputy mayor of [[Seoul]] in 1995. == Life == Lee started his political career as an [[liberalism|liberal]] [[activist]]. In 1988, he was elected to Parliament. He has been re-elected seven times since then; in 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2012. In 1995, Lee was appointed to deputy mayor of Seoul. He only had the job briefly, however, because he resigned. From 1998 to 1999 he was Education Minister. During that time, he made reforms to education in the country, fought corruption, bribery and incompetency in schools, and reduced the age of [[retirement]]. == References == * http://focus.chosun.com/people/people01.jsp?id=722 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128175741/http://focus.chosun.com/people/people01.jsp?id=722 |date=2011-01-28 }} == Other websites == * [http://www.chans4u.net Lee-hae-chan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105234559/http://chans4u.net/ |date=2011-01-05 }} * [http://www.ilovechan.net/ i-love Lee-hae-chan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519054418/http://ilovechan.net/ |date=2009-05-19 }} * [http://cafe.daum.net/coolowl/ Lee Hae-Chan Fan-Cafe] {{S-start}} {{succession box| | before=[[Kim Deok-Joong]] | title=Education minister of [[South Korea]] | years=March 3, 1998 – May 24, 1999 | after=[[Lee Myung-hyun]] }} {{succession box| | before=[[Lee Heon-jae]]<br><small>(acting)</small> | title=[[Prime Minister]] of [[South Korea]] | years=2004–2006 | after=[[Han Deak-Su]]<br><small>(acting)</small> }} {{End}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hae-Chan, Lee}} [[Category:1957 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Deputy mayors]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of South Korea]] {{Biography-stub}}