Shin Hyun-hwak
{{Short description|South Korean politician (1920–2007)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Shin||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Shin Hyun-hwak
| native_name = 신현확
申鉉碻
| image = 復興部企劃局企劃科長李起鴻.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Shin in 1957
| office = Prime Minister of South Korea
| term_start = December 13, 1979
| term_end = May 21, 1980
| president = Choi Kyu-hah
| predecessor = Choi Kyu-hah
| successor = Park Choong-hoon (acting)
| birth_date = October 29, 1920
| birth_place = Waegwan, Keishōhoku Province, Korea, Empire of Japan
| death_date = April 26, 2007 (aged 86)
| death_place = Seoul, South Korea
| alma_mater = Keijō Imperial University
| module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto
| hangul=%신현확
| hanja=申鉉碻
| child=yes}}
| leader = Chun Doo-hwan
}}
Shin Hyun-hwak ({{korean|신현확|申鉉碻}}; October 29, 1920 – April 26, 2007) was a South Korean politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 1979 to 1980.{{Cite web|url=http://www.opm.go.kr/en/prime/former_prime.do|script-title=ko:국무조정실 국무총리비서실(영문) {{!}} Prime Minister {{!}} Former Prime Ministers|website=www.opm.go.kr|access-date=2019-01-07}} He was a member of the Democratic Republican Party.{{Cite web|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2874908|title=Former Prime Minister Shin dies at 87|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=26 April 2007 |access-date=2019-01-03}}
Early life and career
Shin was born in Chilgok County, North Gyeongsang Province{{Cite web|url=http://english.donga.com/List/3/all/26/252865/1|title=Ex-Prime Minister Passes Away|website=english.donga.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-03}} on October 29, 1920.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pressian.com/news/article.html?no=11726|script-title=ko:'영원한 TK 대부' 신현확이 한국현대사에 남긴 족적|last=윤 |first=태곤|date=2007-04-26|website=Pressian|language=ko|access-date=2019-01-03}} He studied at Daegu High School and graduated in law from Gyeongseong Imperial University in 1943, entering a career as a public official under Japanese rule. Following the establishment of the First Republic of Korea, Shin entered the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in 1951. He was elected part of the legislature of South Korea in 1973, in the Democratic Republican Party.
Government
Shin was the South Korean Minister of Health and Social Affairs between 1975 and 1978, becoming Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea in 1978. While Deputy Prime Minister, he was also minister for the economic planning board.{{Cite book|title=The relationship between business and government in three policy areas in Korea|last=Moon|first=Taehoon|publisher=UMI|year=1992|pages=68,338}} Following the assassination of Park Chung Hee, Prime Minister Choi Kyu-hah became acting President of South Korea. On December 13, 1979, Shin was appointed as Prime Minister of South Korea, as part of the Coup d'état of December Twelfth. Following the coup, Choi Kyu-hah repealed a decree banning criticism of the constitution, as well as releasing dissidents from prison.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/22/world/asia/22iht-obit.3248641.html|title=Obituary: Choi Kyu Hah, 87, led S. Korea in turbulent era – Asia – Pacific – International Herald Tribune|date=2006-10-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-01-07|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} Following the Coup d'état of May Seventeenth, Shin was deposed on May 21, 1980, in the events that led to the dissolution of the Fourth Republic of Korea and creation of the Fifth Republic of Korea.{{Cite book|title=Conscience in action : the autobiography of Kim Dae-Jung|author=Kim, Dae Jung|others=Seung-hee, Jeon|isbn=9789811076237|location=Singapore|pages=253–260|oclc=1041706948|date = 2018-06-20}}
Later life
Shin remained on the National Advisory Council from 1981 to 1988. In 1986, he gained a position at Samsung C&T Corporation, becoming chairman in 1987. He died on April 26, 2007, at Seoul National University Hospital, after having been in the hospital since February 2006 due to a backbone fracture.
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Category:People from Chilgok County
Category:Politicians from North Gyeongsang Province
Category:Keijō Imperial University alumni