Kim Boo-kyum

Kim Boo-kyum (Hangul: 김부겸; Hanja: 金富謙; born 21 January 1958) is a South Korean activist and politician. He was the 43rd Prime Minister of South Korea from 2021 until 2022.[1] He was the former Minister of Interior and Safety from 2017 to 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party.


Kim Boo-kyum
김부겸
Kim Boo-Kyum official portrait.jpg
43rd Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
14 May 2021 – 11 May 2022
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Yoon Suk-yeol
DeputyYoo Eun-hae
Hong Nam-ki
Preceded byChung Sye-kyun
Hong Nam-ki (acting)
Succeeded byHan Duck-soo
Choo Kyung-ho (acting)
Minister of the Interior and Safety
In office
16 June 2017 – 6 April 2019
Prime MinisterLee Nak-yeon
Preceded byHong Yoon-shik
Succeeded byChin Young
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 2016 – 29 May 2020
Preceded byLee Hahn-koo
Succeeded byJoo Ho-young
ConstituencySuseong A (Daegu)
In office
30 May 2000 – 29 May 2012
Preceded byLew Seon-ho
Succeeded byLee Hack-young
ConstituencyGunpo
Personal details
Born (1958-01-21) 21 January 1958 (age 65)
Sangju, North Gyeongsang, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political partyDemocratic
Other political
affiliations
HDP (1988–1991)
Democratic (1991–1995)
UDP (1995–1997)
GNP (1997–2003)
Independent (2003; 2007)
Uri (2003–2007)
GUDNP (2007–2008)
UDP (2008)
Democratic (2008–2011)
DUP (2011–2013)
Democratic (2013–2014)
NPAD (2014–2015)
Alma materSeoul National University
OccupationActivist, politician
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
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McCune–Reischauer<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Kim Pugyŏm

He also was the Member of the National Assembly for Suseong 1st constituency from 2016 to 2020 and for Gunpo from 2000 to 2012.

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