Han Myeong-sook

Han Myeong-sook (born March 24, 1944; Korean: 한명숙 [han mjʌŋsʰuk]) is a South Korean politician. She was the Prime Minister of South Korea from April 2006 to March 2007. She is South Korea's first female prime minister. She was from the United New Democratic Party (UNDP) as a member of the Korean National Assembly (representative) for Ilsan-gab.

Her Excellency Han Myeong-sook
한명숙
Chairperson of the Democratic United Party
In office 16 January 2012 – 12 April 2012
Preceded by	Won Hye-young Lee Yong-sun (acting)
Succeeded by	Moon Sung-keun
33rd Prime Minister of South Korea
In office 19 April 2006 – 7 March 2007
President	Roh Moo-hyun
Preceded by	Han Duck-soo (Acting)
Succeeded by	Kwon O-kyu (Acting) Han Duck-soo
Minister for Environment
In office 27 February 2003 – 16 February 2004
Prime Minister	Goh Kun
Preceded by	Kim Myung-ja
Succeeded by	Kwak Kyul-ho
Minister for Gender Equality
In office 29 January 2001 – 26 February 2003
Prime Minister	Lee Han-dong Chang Sang (Acting) Jeon Yun-churl (Acting) Chang Dae-hwan (Acting) Kim Suk-soo
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ji Eun-hee
Personal details
Born	(1944-03-24) 24 March 1944 Heijo, Japanese Korea (now Pyongyang, North Korea)
Political party	National Congress for New Politics (Before 2000) Millennium Democratic Party (2000–2003) Uri Party (2003–2007) United New Democratic Party (2007–2008) Democratic Party (2008–2011) Democratic United Party (2011–2014) Minjoo Party (2014–present)
Spouse(s)	Park Seong-jun
Alma mater	Ewha Womans University
Signature
Korean name
Hangul	한명숙
Hanja	韓明淑
Revised Romanization	Han Myeong-suk
McCune–Reischauer	Han Myŏngsuk
Korean royal family (Cheongju Han clan)

She resigned as Prime Minister on March 7, 2007 and ran for President of South Korea in 2007.