About Yoo Chang-soon
Lived 1918 – 2010 (aged 91). Yoo Chang-soon was a South Korean politician.
Yoo Chang-soon (; 6 August 1918 – 2 June 2010) was the prime minister of South Korea from January to June 1982.
Yoo was born in Anju, South Pyongan Province, a city located in now North Korea, and attended the Pyongyang Commercial School . He went on to tertiary education at Hastings College in Nebraska, graduating in 1950. The following year, he entered the service of the South Korean government, working at the Bank of Korea's Tokyo branch. He was governor of the Bank of Korea from 1961 to 1962.
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Who was Yoo Chang-soon?
Prime Minister of South Korea (1918-2010)
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Yoo Chang-soon was born on 6 August 1918 in Anju.
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Yoo Chang-soon died on 2 June 2010.
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Yoo Chang-soon was a politician.
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Yoo Chang-soon was South Korean.
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