First Lady of South Korea

The First Lady of the Republic of Korea (informally referred to as FLOTROK or FLOSK), commonly known as the First Lady of South Korea, is the wife of the President of South Korea. The wife of the Prime Minister of South Korea is the Second Lady of South Korea.

First Lady of the Republic of Korea
대한민국 영부인
Incumbent
Kim Jung-sook
since May 10, 2017
AbbreviationFLOTROK, FLOSK
ResidenceBlue House, Seoul, South Korea
Inaugural holderFranziska Donner
Formation24 July 1948
(70 years ago)
Website(in English) english.president.go.kr
(in Korean) president.go.kr
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During the administration of President Park Chung-hee, his daughter, Park Geun-hye, assumed the duties of First Lady after her mother, Yuk Young-soo.[1] The first, and to date, only female president Park Geun-hye was never married in office so there is still yet to be a first gentleman of Korea.

The current first lady is Kim Jung-sook, wife of President Moon Jae-in, in office since 10 May 2017.

List of first ladies of the Republic of Korea

The following is a list of the first ladies of South Korea.

I# A# Picture Name Tenure Age at the start of tenure President
(Husband, unless noted)
11 Franziska Donner
(프란체스카 도너)
Birth country: Austria
June 15, 1900 – March 19, 1992
(aged 91)		 August 15, 1948
–
April 26, 1960		 48 years, 61 days Rhee Syng-man
m. October 8, 1934
2
3
24 Gong Deok-gwi
(공덕귀 / 孔德貴)
April 21, 1911 – November 24, 1997
(aged 86)		 August 13, 1960
–
March 23, 1962		 49 years, 114 days Yun Bo-seon
m. January 6, 1949
35 Yuk Young-soo
(육영수 / 陸英修)
November 29, 1925 – August 15, 1974
(aged 48)		 December 17, 1963
–
August 15, 1974		 38 years, 18 days Park Chung-hee
m. December 12, 1950
6
7
8
Park Geun-hye[note 1]
(박근혜 / 朴槿惠)
Born (1952-02-02) February 2, 1952		 August 16, 1974
–
October 26, 1979		 23 years, 195 days Park Chung-hee
(daughter of)
9
410 Hong Gi
(홍기 / 洪基)
March 3, 1916 – July 20, 2004
(aged 88)		 December 6, 1979
–
August 15, 1980		 63 years, 278 days Choi Kyu-hah
m. 1935
511 Rhee Soon-ja
(이순자 / 李順子)
Born (1939-03-24) March 24, 1939		 September 1, 1980
–
February 24, 1988		 41 years, 161 days Chun Doo-hwan
m. 1958
12
613 Kim Ok-suk
(김옥숙 / 金玉淑)
Born (1935-08-11) August 11, 1935		 February 25, 1988
–
February 24, 1993		 52 years, 198 days Roh Tae-woo
m. 1959
714 Son Myeong-sun
(손명순 / 孫命順)
Born (1929-01-16) January 16, 1929		 February 25, 1993
–
February 24, 1998		 64 years, 40 days Kim Young-sam
m. 1951
815 Lee Hee-ho
(이희호 / 李姬鎬)
September 21, 1922 – June 10, 2019
(aged 96)		 February 25, 1998
–
February 24, 2003		 75 years, 157 days Kim Dae-jung
m. 1962
916 Kwon Yang-sook
(권양숙 / 權良淑)
Born (1948-02-02) February 2, 1948		 February 25, 2003
–
February 24, 2008		 55 years, 23 days Roh Moo-hyun
m. 1973
1017 Kim Yoon-ok
(김윤옥 / 金潤玉)
Born (1947-03-26) March 26, 1947		 February 25, 2008
–
February 24, 2013		 60 years, 336 days Lee Myung-bak
m. December 19, 1970
1118 None[note 2]
1219 Kim Jung-sook
(김정숙 / 金正淑)
Born (1954-11-15) November 15, 1954		 May 10, 2017
–
May 10, 2022		 61 years, 176 days Moon Jae-in
m. 1981

Notes
  1. Park Geun Hye is the daughter of Park Chung-hee, and took over as First Lady following Yung Young-soo's death.[2]
  2. The President at the time, Park Geun-Hye, was single, having never married.[3]
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See also

References
  1. Carter J. Eckert, Ki-baik Lee, Young Ick Lew, Michael Robinson, and Edward W. Wagner, Korea Old and New: A History (Seoul: Ilchokak / Korea Institute, Harvard University, 1990), 377.
  2. "Profile: South Korean President Park Geun-hye". BBC News. Retrieved 3 January 2018. When her mother was murdered by a North Korean gunman in 1974, Ms Park served as first lady at the age of 22.
  3. Phelan, Jessica (31 January 2014). "All The Single Leaders: The world's most eligible heads of state". Public Radio International. Retrieved 3 January 2018. Park said she hasn't taken a husband because she’s already married to her country...
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