Chung Won-shik

{{Short description|Prime Minister of South Korea from 1991 to 1992}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = His Excellency

|name = Chung Won-shik

|native_name = 정원식

|image =

|term_start = 24 May 1991

|term_end = 8 October 1992
{{small|Acting to 7 July 1991}}

|order = Prime Minister of South Korea

|president = Roh Tae-woo

|predecessor = Ro Jai-bong

|successor = Hyun Soong-jong

|birth_date = {{birth date|1928|08|05|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Sainei, Kōkai-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan

|death_date = {{death date and age|2020|04|12|1928|08|05|df=yes}}

|death_place = South Korea

|alma_mater = Seoul National University (BA)
Vanderbilt University (MA, PhD)

| module = {{Infobox Korean name

| hangul = 정원식

| hanja = 鄭元植

| rr = Jeong Wonsik

| mr = Chŏng Wŏnsik

| child = yes}}

}}

Chung Won-shik ({{Korean|hangul=정원식}}; 5 August 1928[https://books.google.com/books?id=ST5AAQAAIAAJ&q=Chung+Won-shik+1928 Profile of Chung Won-shik] – 12 April 2020) was a South Korean politician, educator, soldier, and author who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 1991 to 1992 under President Roh Tae-woo.

Life

From 1951 to 1955, Chung served as an officer in the South Korean Army. Following that, he worked as a professor of Seoul National University. During his tenure as education minister, he established a reputation for toughness.{{cite news|title=Around The World: Premier Named in S. Korea|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=A26|date=May 25, 1991|id={{ProQuest|140525557}}}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} President Roh Tae-woo named him Acting Prime Minister on 24 May 1991.{{cite news|title=South Korean Leader Names Prime Minister|newspaper=The New York Times|date=24 May 1991|id={{ProQuest|428063271}}}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} On 8 July 1991, he was appointed Prime Minister of South Korea. He was one of three candidates for the mayor of Seoul in 1995.{{cite journal|last=Shim|first=Jae Hoon|title=Enter the experts: a new breed of politician challenges the old guard|journal=Far Eastern Economic Review|date=29 June 1995|volume=158|pages=32|url=http://0-vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.library.sl.nsw.gov.au/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?recid=0bc05f7a67b1790e9b4787916d5cb638e43af8f24a0c27d522e275bb5705e62e55e18f2fe4ae752b&fmt=C|accessdate=19 June 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707175548/http://0-vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.library.sl.nsw.gov.au/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?recid=0bc05f7a67b1790e9b4787916d5cb638e43af8f24a0c27d522e275bb5705e62e55e18f2fe4ae752b&fmt=C|archive-date=7 July 2012|url-status=dead}} Chung died from kidney disease on 12 April 2020, aged 91.[https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200412003200325 Ex-Prime Minister Chung passes way at 91]