Ro Jai-bong

20th Prime Minister of South KoreaIn office
December 27, 1990 – May 24, 1991PresidentRoh Tae-wooPreceded byKang Young-hoonSucceeded byChung Won-shik Personal detailsBorn(1936-02-08)February 8, 1936
Shōgen, Keishōnan-dō, Japanese Korea, Empire of Japan (now Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea)DiedApril 23, 2024(2024-04-23) (aged 88)
Seoul, South KoreaPolitical partyIndependentAlma materSeoul National University (BA)
Brigham Young University (MA)
New York University (PhD)

Ro Jai-bong (February 8, 1936 – April 23, 2024) was a South Korean politician. He served from December 1990 to May 1991 as the 20th prime minister of South Korea.^[1] Ro was born in Shōgen, Keishōnan-dō, Chōsen, Empire of Japan on February 8, 1936.^[2][3]

Biography

Ro graduated from Seoul National University and received a doctorate in political science from New York University. He then worked as an international political scientist before joining government as chief of staff for President Roh Tae-woo in 1990 and became prime minister shortly afterwards. In 1992, he was elected to the National Assembly of Korea.^[4]

After his political career, Ro became president of Seoul Digital University from 2002 to 2005.^[4]

Ro was married and had two children. He was diagnosed with blood cancer in 2023 and died from complications of the disease at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital^[4] on April 23, 2024, at the age of 88.^[5]

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