Portrait of South Korea’s interim president Han Duck-soo | EUROtoday

It appeared like Han Duck-soo had seen every thing. The technocrat has been within the civil service for 54 years and has been a part of South Korea’s prime politics for 3 many years.

The economist served in influential, predominantly financial coverage roles in each conservative and social democratic governments. Han served as patent commissioner, vice minister of commerce, head of the Korean commerce mission and financial advisor to President Kim Dae-jung. Han was appointed prime minister of South Korea in 2007 earlier than representing his nation as ambassador in Washington from 2009 to 2012. There he helped conclude the negotiations on the free commerce settlement between the USA and South Korea.