Lee Soon-ja
Lee Soon-ja (Hangul: 이순자, Hanja: 李順子) (born 24 March 1939) is the widow of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan. She was the first lady when Chun Doo-hwan was in office, from 1980 to 1988.[1]
Lee Soon-ja | |
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First Lady of South Korea | |
In role 1 September 1980 – 24 February 1988 | |
President | Chun Doo-hwan |
Preceded by | Hong Gi |
Succeeded by | Kim Ok-suk |
Personal details | |
Born | Chōshun, Manchukuo, Empire of Japan (now Changchun, Jilin Province, China) | 24 March 1939
Spouse(s) | Chun Doo-hwan (m. 1958; died 2021) |
Children | 4 |
Religion | Buddhism (formerly Roman Catholic) |
Lee Soon-ja | |
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Hangul | 이순자 |
Hanja | 李順子 |
Revised Romanization | <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">I Sunja |
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">I Suncha |
Lee Soon-ja Media
President Chun, and his wife, Lee Soon-ja, prepare to depart after their visit to Washington D.C. in 1981.