Chang Sang

Prime Minister of South Korea
ActingIn office
11 July 2002 – 31 July 2002PresidentKim Dae-jungPreceded byLee Han-dongSucceeded byChang Dae-whan (Acting) Personal detailsBorn (1939-10-03) 3 October 1939 (age 84)
Ryūsen-gun, Heianhoku-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
(today Ryongchon County, North Korea)Political partyDemocratic PartyAlma materEwha Womans University
Yale University
Princeton Theological SeminaryKorean nameHangulHanjaRevised RomanizationJang SangMcCune–ReischauerChang Sang

Chang Sang (born 3 October 1939) became the first female Prime Minister of South Korea when President Kim Dae-jung reshuffled his cabinet in 2002.^[1]

She holds a doctorate of philosophy from Princeton Theological Seminary^[2][3] and served as president of Ewha Womans University from 1996 until the prime minister appointment.^[4]

She was nominated as the prime minister candidate by the President Kim Dae-jung in 2002, however the nomination was rejected by the National Assembly.

Education

• Graduated, Sookmyung Girls' High School
• Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Ewha Womans University
• Master of Divinity, Yale Divinity School at Yale University
• Doctor of Philosophy in Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary

References

External links

• (in Korean) Chang Sang Archived 2014-10-31 at the Wayback Machine - Official blog

Political offices
Preceded by Lee Han-dong	Prime Minister of South Korea Acting 2002	Succeeded by Jeon Yun-churl Acting