Lee Myung-bak

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Lee Myung-bak is a South Korean businessman-turned-politician who served as the President of South Korea from 2008 to 2013.

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Lee Myung-bak canonical 3
이명박 1

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instanceOf South Korean politician
businessperson
human
alternateRomanization Yi Myŏngbak
birthDate 1941-12-19
birthPlace Osaka
surface form: Osaka, Japan
countryOfCitizenship South Korea
education Korea University
electedIn 2007 South Korean presidential election
election 2007 South Korean presidential election
employer Hyundai Engineering & Construction
surface form: Hyundai Engineering and Construction
endTime 2013-02-25
era 21st-century South Korean politics
fieldOfStudy business administration
gender male
knownFor Four Major Rivers Project
MB Doctrine foreign policy
pro-business economic policies
languageSpoken Korean
legalIssue conviction on corruption charges
mayorOf Seoul
memberOf National Assembly of South Korea
name Lee Myung-bak self-link
nativeName Lee Myung-bak self-linksurface differs
surface form: 이명박
notablePolicy green growth strategy
resource diplomacy initiatives
numberOfChildren 4
occupation businessman
politician
pardon special presidential pardon in 2022
party Grand National Party
Saenuri Party
placeOfResidence Seoul
positionHeld CEO of Hyundai Engineering and Construction
Mayor of Seoul
President of South Korea
predecessor Roh Moo-hyun
predecessorAsMayorOfSeoul Goh Kun
presidentialOrder 10th President of South Korea
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
sentence 15-year prison sentence (later reduced)
spouse Kim Yoon-ok
startTime 2008-02-25
successor Park Geun-hye
successorAsMayorOfSeoul Oh Se-hoon
termEndAsMayorOfSeoul 2006-06-30
termEndAsPresident 2013-02-25
termStartAsMayorOfSeoul 2002-07-01
termStartAsPresident 2008-02-25

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Lee Myung-bak name Lee Myung-bak self-link
Lee Myung-bak nativeName Lee Myung-bak self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 이명박
Park Geun-hye predecessor Lee Myung-bak