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).

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Hyun-chul
김현철
金顕哲
Prime Minister of South Korea[lower-alpha 1]
Acting
In office
10 July 1962 – 17 December 1963
Preceded byPark Chung-hee
Succeeded byChoi Tu-son
Personal details
Born(1901-11-13)November 13, 1901
Hoehyeon-dong, Seoul, Korean Empire
DiedJanuary 27, 1989(1989-01-27) (aged 87)
Jamsil-dong, Seoul, South Korea
OccupationKorean independence activist
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Hyeoncheol
McCune–ReischauerKim 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.

Notes
  1. as Chief Cabinet Minister of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction.


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