Son Myung-soon

Wife of South Korean President Kim Young-sam

Son Myung-soon (Hangul:손명순, Hanja:孫命順) (also transliterated as Sohn Myung Soon) (29 January 1929 – 7 March 2024)[1] was a South Korean socialite. She was the widow of South Korean President Kim Young-sam. She was the first lady when Kim Young-sam was in office, from 1993 to 1998.[2] [3]

Son Myung-soon
First Lady of South Korea
In role
25 February 1993 – 24 February 1998
PresidentKim Young-sam
Preceded byKim Ok-suk
Succeeded byLee Hee-ho
Personal details
Born(1929-01-29)29 January 1929
Shinryū-yū, Kinkai-gun, Keishōnan-dō, Japanese-occupied Korea
(today Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea)
Died7 March 2024(2024-03-07) (aged 95)
Seoul, South Korea
Spouse(s)
(m. 1951; died 2015)
Children5
Alma materEwha Womans University
ReligionPresbyterianism (GAPCK)
Son Myung-soon
Hangul
손명순
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSon Myeong-sun
McCune–ReischauerSon Myŏngsun

Son Myung-soon died on 7 March 2024 in Seoul, South Korea from COVID-19 at the age of 95.[4]

References

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  1. "역대 대통령들의 배우자.JPG : 클리앙".
  2. "Los Angeles Times Sep 3, 1996". Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  3. Yonhap news agency, Seoul - March 10, 1997 BBC
  4. "Former President Kim Young-sam's widow dies". Korea Herald. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.