Lee Cheol-woo

Governor of North Gyeongsang, South Korea

이철우

Incumbent

Assumed office
1 July 2018Preceded byKim Kwan-yongMember of the National AssemblyIn office
30 May 2008 – 14 May 2018Preceded byLim In-baeSucceeded bySong Eon-seogConstituencyGimcheon Personal detailsBorn (1955-08-15) August 15, 1955 (age 68)
Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, South KoreaPolitical partyPeople PowerOther political
affiliationsLiberty KoreaAlma mater

Kyungpook National University
Yonsei University

OccupationPoliticianKorean nameHangul

이철우

Hanja

李喆雨

Revised RomanizationI Cheol-uMcCune–ReischauerI Ch'ŏl-u

Lee Cheol-woo (이철우; born August 15, 1955), also spelled Lee Cheol-uoo, is the current Governor of North Gyeongsang Province, serving since 2018.^[1] He is a former member of the National Assembly of South Korea and was the vice-governor of North Gyeongsang Province from December 2005 to January 2008.

Personal life

Lee was born in Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and attended the Kyungpook National University where he majored in mathematics education. He also graduated from the Graduate School of Public Administration at the Yonsei University, and was awarded an honorary doctorate of management by Daegu University in August 2007.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Lee served as a member and manager of the National Intelligence Service for more than 20 years before becoming vice-governor. He spent almost five years as a teacher in a few middle schools before joining the NIS.

In the National Assembly, he was a member of the Intelligence Committee, Committee of Education, Science and Technology and the Special Committee of Budget and Account.