Lee Choon-hee

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Choon-hee
이춘희
Mayor of Sejong City
In office
1 July 2014 – 30 June 2022
Preceded byYoo Han-shik
Succeeded byChoi Min-ho
Personal details
Born (1955-12-06) 6 December 1955 (age 69)
Gochang, North Jeolla Province, South Korea
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materHanyang University
Korea University
Seoul National University
ReligionRoman Catholic
(Christian name : Francis Xavier)

Lee Choon-hee (Korean: 이춘희; Hanja: 李春熙; born 6 December 1955) is the mayor of Sejong City, South Korea.[1] Previously, during the presidency of Roh Moo-Hyun, he was Vice Minister of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. He later moved on to become the first administrator of the National Agency for Administrative City Construction that oversaw the planning and construction of Sejong City.[2] In his second attempt, he won the election and became Mayor of Sejong City in 2014. He won the 2018 Mayoral election with 71.3% of the votes to serve his second term as Mayor of Sejong City. Back in 1986-87 when he was with the Ministry of Construction, he attended a one-year non-degree Special Program in Urban Studies (SPURS) at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

References

  1. ^ 세종특별자치시청. "Greetings from the Mayor > Happy City Sejong". sejong.go.kr.
  2. ^ "전국시도지사협의회". gaok.or.kr.


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