Son Myung-soon
Son Myung-soon (Hangul:손명순, Hanja:孫命順) (also transliterated as Sohn Myung Soon) (29 January 1929 – 7 March 2024)[1] was a South Korean socialite. She was the widow of South Korean President Kim Young-sam. She was the first lady when Kim Young-sam was in office, from 1993 to 1998.[2][3]
Son Myung-soon | |
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| First Lady of South Korea | |
| In role 25 February 1993 – 24 February 1998 | |
| President | Kim Young-sam |
| Preceded by | Kim Ok-suk |
| Succeeded by | Lee Hee-ho |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 January 1929 Shinryū-yū, Kinkai-gun, Keishōnan-dō, Japanese-occupied Korea (today Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea) |
| Died | 7 March 2024 (aged 95) Seoul, South Korea |
| Spouse(s) | Kim Young-sam (m. 1951; died 2015) |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Ewha Womans University |
| Religion | Presbyterianism (GAPCK) |
| Son Myung-soon | |
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| Hangul | 손명순 |
| Hanja | 孫命順 |
| 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">Son Myeong-sun |
| 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">Son Myŏngsun |
Son Myung-soon died on 7 March 2024 in Seoul, South Korea from COVID-19 at the age of 95.[4]
Son Myung-soon Media
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References
- ↑ "역대 대통령들의 배우자.JPG : 클리앙".
- ↑ "Los Angeles Times Sep 3, 1996". Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
- ↑ Yonhap news agency, Seoul - March 10, 1997 BBC
- ↑ Former President Kim Young-sam's widow dies. Korea Herald. 7 March 2024. https://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240307050822. Retrieved 7 March 2024.