Lee Hae-chan

	Korean name
Hangul	이해찬
Hanja	李海瓚
Revised Romanization	I Haechan
McCune–Reischauer	I Haech'an

Lee Hae-chan
His Excellency; Lee Hae-chan
	이해찬
Leader of the Democratic Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 August 2018
Preceded by	Choo Mi-ae
32nd Prime Minister of South Korea
	In office; 30 July 2004 – 15 March 2006
President	Roh Moo-hyun
Preceded by	Goh Kun
Succeeded by	Han Myeong-sook
Member of the National Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 May 2012
Succeeded by	Constituency established
Constituency	Sejong
	In office; 30 May 1996 – 29 May 2008
Preceded by	Lee Hae-chan
Succeeded by	Kim Hui-chul
Constituency	Gwanak B (Seoul)
	In office; 30 May 1988 – 30 June 1995
Preceded by	Yim Churl-soon, Kim Soo-han
Succeeded by	Lee Hae-chan
Constituency	Gwanak B (Seoul)
Minister of Education
	In office; 3 March 1998 – 24 May 1999
President	Kim Dae-jung
Preceded by	Lee Myung-hyun
Succeeded by	Kim Duk-choong
Personal details
Born	10 July 1952; Jangpyeong, South Chungcheong, South Korea
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Seoul National University
Website	www.hopechan.kr

Lee Hae-chan (born 10 July 1952) is a South Korean politician serving as Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea since 2018. He served as Prime Minister of South Korea from 2004 to 2006. [1] He is currently serving in his seventh term in the National Assembly.

He served as Member of the National Assembly for the Gwanak District from 1988 to 1995 and 1996 to 2008. He served as Minister of Education under President Kim Dae-jung from 1998 to 1999. He presided over controversial education reforms including revamping the college entrance process and lowering the retirement age of teachers. He later served under President Roh Moo-hyun as Prime Minister of South Korea from June 2004 to March 2006.

On 27 August 2018, he was elected the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea.

Political career

Minister for Education

Hae-chan instituted reforms to the college admissions process. At the time was summed up in the slogan that being good at one thing was enough to get into college, was criticised for allegedly lowering dramatically the scholastic competence of the so-called "Lee Hae-chan generation" of then-high school students.

Prime Minister of South Korea

He was nominated by President Roh Moo-hyun to become Prime Minister of South Korea on 8 June 2004, confirmed by the National Assembly on 29 June, and took office on 30 June.

His nomination as prime minister met some resistance due to his record as minister of education, which many consider a failure. Since taking office, however, Lee has proved an able prime minister, being described by some as the most powerful prime minister South Korea has seen.

Golf-game scandal

On 1 March 2006, the Korean Railroad Workers Union and Seoul Subway Union entered a strike together. The strike of railroad and subway at the same time proved to be a fatal blow at the nation's economic activity, especially Seoul area, where traffic heavily depend on subway, which is controlled by these two unions. Prime Minister Lee was supposed to command the situation and mediate the strike; however, he was playing golf at Busan area with local businessmen, and this caused massive distaste among Korean people against Lee for not taking care of the government and people.

References

"Archived copy" 이해찬 (in Korean). Nate people. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

National Assembly (South Korea)
Preceded by Yim Churl-soon Kim Soo-han as Members of the Assembly for Gwanak-gu	Member of the Assembly for Gwanak-eul 1988–2008	Succeeded by Kim Hui-chul
New constituency	Member of the Assembly for Sejong 2012–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Goh Kun	Prime Minister of South Korea 2004–2006	Succeeded by Han Myung-Sook

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[People-1] "Archived copy" 이해찬 (in Korean). Nate people. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)