Ro Jai-bong
{{Short description|South Korean politician (1936–2024)}}
{{family name hatnote|Ro||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ro Jai-bong
| native_name = {{nobold|노재봉}}
| image =
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| honorific-prefix = His Excellency
| office = Prime Minister of South Korea
| term_start = December 27, 1990
| term_end = May 24, 1991
| president = Roh Tae-woo
| predecessor = Kang Young-hoon
| successor = Chung Won-shik
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|2|8}}
| birth_place = Shōgen, Keishōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|4|23|1936|2|8}}
| death_place = Seoul, South Korea
| alma_mater = Seoul National University (BA)
Brigham Young University (MA)
New York University (PhD)
| religion =
| spouse =
| party = Independent
| native_name_lang = ko
}}
Ro Jai-bong (February 8, 1936 – April 23, 2024) was a South Korean politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from December 1990 to May 1991.{{cite web | url=http://m.skyedaily.com/news_view.html?ID=45964 | script-title=ko:스카이데일리, 노태우 Ys견제 민선후계 '노재봉 흔적' 220억 빌딩 |website=M.skyedaily.com}}
Biography
Ro was born in Shōgen, Keishōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan on February 8, 1936.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9F6vAAAAIAAJ&q=Ro+Jai-bong+1936|title=Korea Annual|date=9 July 1996|publisher=Yonhap News Agency|isbn=9788974330361 |access-date=9 July 2022|via=Google Books}}[https://m.pub.chosun.com/client/news/viw.asp?cate=C01&nNewsNumb=20180829568&nidx=29569] {{dead link|date=July 2022}}
Ro graduated from Seoul National University and received a doctorate in political science from New York University. He then worked as an international political scientist before joining government as chief of staff for President Roh Tae-woo in 1990 and became prime minister shortly afterwards. In 1992, he was elected to the National Assembly of Korea.{{Cite web |title=Ex-PM Ro Jai-bong dies at 88 |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240424006500315?section=national/politics |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Yonhap News Agency |language=en}}
After his political career, Ro became president of Seoul Digital University from 2002 to 2005.
Ro was married and had two children. He was diagnosed with blood cancer in 2023 and died from complications of the disease at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital on April 23, 2024, at the age of 88.[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/04/113_373367.html Ex-PM Ro Jai-bong dies at 88]
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