Cho Soon

South Korean politician (1928–2022)

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Cho Soon

30th Mayor of Seoul
In office 1 July 1995 – 9 September 1997
Preceded by	Choi Byung-ryeol
Succeeded by	Goh Kun
18th Governor of the Bank of Korea^[1]
In office 26 March 1992 – 14 March 1993
Preceded by	Kim Kun
Succeeded by	Kim Myung-ho
Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea
In office 5 December 1988 – 17 March 1990
Prime Minister	Kang Young-hoon
Preceded by	Rha Woong-bae
Succeeded by	Lee Seung-yoon

Personal details
Born	1 February 1928 Jumunjin, Kōgen-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died	23 June 2022(2022-06-23) (aged 94) Seoul, South Korea
Nationality	South Korean
Political party	Grand National Democratic People's
Alma mater	Seoul National University University of California, Berkeley
Occupation	Professor

Cho Soon (Korean: 조순; 1 February 1928 – 23 June 2022) was a South Korean politician who was the first publicly elected mayor of Seoul, serving from 1995 to 1997. Previously, he was the Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea from 1988 to 1990 and the Chief of the Bank of Korea.^[1]

Life

Cho Soon was born on February 1, 1928, in the city of Jumunjin, Kōgen-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan. He graduated from Seoul National University in 1949 and earned a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.^[1]

As a member of the Grand National Party and later the Democratic People's Party, he held many political positions throughout his life.

Cho became Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of South Korea under President Roh Tae-woo. He was succeeded in the position by Lee Seung-yoon in 1990. In 1992, he became the Chief of the Bank of Korea, a position he left a year later.^[1]

In 1995, he ran for Mayor of Seoul, winning the race decisively with 42.4% of the vote. He assumed the office on July 1, 1995,^[2] becoming the first elected mayor of the city. Cho later served in the National Assembly from 1998 to 2000.^[3]

He died in Seoul on 23 June 2022 of natural causes at the age of 94.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Ex-Deputy Prime Minister Cho Soon dies of natural causes at 94". 23 June 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
^ "역대서울시" (in Korean).
^ "조순(趙淳)". Republic of Korea Parliamentarian Society (in Korean).
^ Park, Jong-oh (23 June 2022). "조순 전 경제부총리 노환으로 별세…향년 94". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). Retrieved 23 June 2022.