Kim Hyun-chul (politician)
Kim Hyun-chul (November 13, 1901 – February 27, 1989) was a Korean independence activist, politician and Prime Minister of South Korea(military rule).
Kim Hyun-chul | |
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김현철 金顕哲 | |
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Prime Minister of South Korea[lower-alpha 1] Acting | |
In office 10 July 1962 – 17 December 1963 | |
Preceded by | Park Chung-hee |
Succeeded by | Choi Tu-son |
Personal details | |
Born | Hoehyeon-dong, Seoul, Korean Empire | November 13, 1901
Died | January 27, 1989 87) Jamsil-dong, Seoul, South Korea | (aged
Occupation | Korean independence activist |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gim Hyeoncheol |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Hyŏnch'ŏl |
Biography
In 1917, he graduated from the Mining Department of Beijing Higher Industrial School. Afterwards, he went to study in the United States, and graduated from University of Pittsburgh in the United States in 1929, and graduated from Columbia University in the United States in 1932, and obtained a master's degree. In 1933, he served as a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Resources of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea Gumi. In 1953, he was appointed as the director of the planning department. In 1955, he was appointed as the deputy minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Minister of Finance. May 16 Military Coup He held an important position again after that, in 1962, he was appointed as the director of economic planning, and began to serve as the first cabinet (prime minister) for 5 months on July 10 of that year.