13 Facts About Chung Un-chan

Chung Un-chan is a South Korean academic and politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 2009 to 2010.

Chung Un-chan was a professor of Seoul National University from 1978 to 2009, serving as president of the university from 2002 to 2006.

From 2018 to 2020, Chung served as the 22nd commissioner of the Korea Baseball Organization.

Chung Un-chan received a bachelor of arts in economics from Seoul National University in 1970 and a master's degree in economics from Miami University in 1972.

Chung Un-chan began his academic career as a business associate and assistant professor at Columbia University from 1976 to 1978.

Chung Un-chan was a visiting associate professor at the University of Hawaii in 1983, a visiting scholar at the London School of Economics from 1986 to 1987, and a visiting professor at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum in 1999.

Chung Un-chan continues to write and conduct research in macroeconomics and financial markets.

Chung Un-chan has numerous publications in both Korean and English.

Chung Un-chan has held senior positions in government commissions and private research institutions.

Chung Un-chan had topped the list of potential candidates the ruling Uri Party camp would like to recruit at the 2007 presidential election, but he didn't enter the party.

On 3 September 2009, Chung Un-chan was nominated as Prime Minister of South Korea by president Lee Myung-bak.

Chung Un-chan is a fan of the Doosan Bears, the Korean baseball team, and the New York Yankees.

Chung Un-chan was the 22nd commissioner of the Korea Baseball Organization from 2018 to 2020.