Chung Un-chan

Chung Un-chan (; born 21 March 1947 ) is a South Korean academic and politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 2009 to 2010. He was an economics professor at Seoul National University from 1978 to 2009, serving as president of the university from 2002 to 2006. Chung also served as the 22nd commissioner of the Korea Baseball Organization from 2018 to 2020.

Early life and education Chung Un-chan was born 21 March 1947, in Gongju. He received a bachelor of arts in economics from Seoul National University in 1970 and a master's degree in economics from Miami University (Ohio) in 1972. Chung received a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University in 1978 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "Toward a theory of the price setting banking firm." In October 2004, Chung was awarded an honorary degree in international education at the Far Eastern National University in Vladivostok, Russia.

Chung had topped the list of potential candidates the ruling Uri Party camp would like to recruit at the 2007 presidential election, but he didn't enter the party.

Premiership (2009–2010) On 3 September 2009, Chung was nominated as Prime Minister of South Korea by president Lee Myung-bak. At the parliamentary confirmation hearing, he said that a government plan to relocate nine ministries and four major administration bodies to the newly created Sejong City in central South Korea would lead to nationwide inefficiency. Opposition parties including Democratic Party threatened to vote against him, He offered his resignation on 29 July and stepped down on 10 August after 10 months of bitter political experience.

Private life Chung is a fan of baseball. He is a fan of the Doosan Bears, the Korean baseball team, and the New York Yankees. Chung was the 22nd commissioner of the Korea Baseball Organization from 2018 to 2020.