1971, BA in Economics, Seoul National University; 1984, MA and PhD in Economics, Harvard University. Former President, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade; 2004, Minister of Government Policy Coordination; former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy; 2006, Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Facilitating KORUS FTA; April 2007-February 2008, 38th Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea. 2009, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the US; 2012, Chairman and CEO, Korea International Trade Association; Since May 2022, 48th Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea