Rha Woong-bae (24 July 1934 – 25 April 2022)[1] was a South Korean politician and businessman who was the Chairman of the Hanbit Forum. He was also Finance and Economy Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea under President Kim Dae-jung.[2][3] He served as Trade and Industry Minister in the 1980s.[4]

Rha Woong-bae
나웅배
羅雄培
16th Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea and Minister for Economic Planning Board
In office
25 February 1988  5 December 1988
PresidentRoh Tae-woo
Prime MinisterLee Hyun Jae
Preceded byChung In-yong
Succeeded byCho Soon
29th Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea, Minister of Unification (until 21 Dec. 1995) and Minister of Economy and Finance (from 21 Dec. 1995)
In office
22 February 1995  8 August 1996
PresidentKim Young-sam
Prime MinisterLee Hong-koo
Lee Soo-sung
Preceded byKim Duck [ko]
Succeeded byKwon Oh-kee [ko]
Personal details
Born(1934-07-24)24 July 1934
Died25 April 2022(2022-04-25) (aged 87)
University of California, Berkeley
Korean name
Hangul
나웅배
Hanja
羅雄培
RRNa Ungbae
MRNa Ungbae

He held a PhD (1968) from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

References

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  1. 나웅배 전 부총리 겸 재정경제원 장관 별세. 매일경제 (in Korean). 25 April 2022.
  2. Korea Newsreview, Volume 25, p. 12[full citation needed]
  3. Global Banking and Financial Policy Review, 1997, Euromoney Publications, p. 70[full citation needed]
  4. "Baldrige to Ask Seoul to Hike Currency Value". Los Angeles Times. 18 April 1987. p. 20.