Kim Byong-joon

{{Short description|South Korean politician (born 1954)}}

{{other people||Kim Byeong-jun (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix = The Honourable

| name = Kim Byong-joon

| native_name = {{nobold|김병준}}

| native_name_lang = ko

| image = 김병준 전경련 회장 직무대행.jpg

| office = Chairman of the Liberty Korea Party
{{small|Interim}}

| term_start = 17 July 2018

| term_end = 26 February 2019

| predecessor = Kim Sung-tae {{small|(Acting)}}

| successor = Hwang Kyo-ahn

| office1 = Minister of Education and Human Resources Development

| president1 = Roh Moo-hyun

| term_start1 = 21 July 2006

| term_end1 = 7 August 2006

| predecessor1 = Kim Jin-pyo

| successor1 = Lee Chong-suh {{Small|(Acting)}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|3|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Goryeong, South Korea

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| party = People Power

| module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto

| hangul = %김병준

| hanja = 金秉準

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Kim Byong-joon ({{Korean|hangul=김병준|hanja=金秉準}}; born 26 March 1954) is a former chief of staff (minister), Presidential Office of National Policies, Republic of Korea/ the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Human Resources Development. He is designated Prime Minister of South Korea by President Park Geun-hye, on November 2, 2016, but Park withdrew her designate November 8.

Biography

Kim was born in Goryeong, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.{{cite web|url=http://www.korea.net/News/News/NewsView.asp?serial_no=20060703011 |title=Profile of Kim Byong-joon |work=South Korean Government |accessdate=2008-02-10 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203824/http://www.korea.net/News/News/NewsView.asp?serial_no=20060703011 |archivedate=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }} He received his B.A degree from Yeungnam University in 1976, M.A degree from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in 1979, and PhD degree from University of Delaware in 1984.

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