Profile
Education and Honorary Degrees
- 1970
- Graduated from Sacred Heart Girls' High School, Seoul, Korea
- 1974
- BS in Electronic Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
- 1987
- Honorary Doctorate in Literature, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2008
- Honorary Doctorate in Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
- 2008
- Honorary Doctorate in Politics, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea
- 2010
- Honorary Doctorate in Politics, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
Career
- 1974-1979
- Acting First Lady
- 1974-to date
- Director of the Yukyoung Foundation
- 1994-to date
- Member of the Korean Writers' Association
- 1998-2000
- Lawmaker in the 15th National Assembly
- Member of the Commerce, Industry and Energy Committee
- Member of the Special Committee on Women's Affairs
- 1998-2002
- Vice-chairperson of the Grand National Party
- 2000-2004
- Lawmaker in the 16th National Assembly
- Member of the Unification, Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee
- Member of the Gender Equality and FamilyAffairs Committee
- Member of the Science, Technology,
- Information and Telecommunication Committee
- 2002, May-Nov.
- Party President of the Korea Coalition for the Future
- 2003
- Chairperson of the Grand National Party's Presidential Election Committee
- Member of the Standing Steering Committee of the Grand National Party
- 2004-2008
- Lawmaker in the 17th National Assembly
- Member of the National Defense Committee
- Member of the Government Administration and Local Autonomy Committee
- Member of the Environment and Labor Committee
- 2004, March-2006
- Chairperson of the Grand National Party
- 2007
- Candidate in Grand National Party presidential
- primary for the 17th Presidential Election
- 2008-2012
- Lawmaker in the 18th National Assembly
- Member of the Health, Welfare and Family Affairs Committee
- Member of the Strategy and Finance Committee
- 2011, Dec.-May 2012
- Chairperson of the Emergency Committee of the Saenuri Party
- 2012, May-Dec.
- Lawmaker in the 19th National Assembly
- 2012, Aug.-Dec.
- Presidential candidate of the Saenuri Party in the 18th Presidential Election
- 2012, Dec.-to date
- President-elect for the 18th presidential term