유일호 柳一鎬
Economist and politician; former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance
| Life | 1955 |
| Era | 현대 |
| Clan | 전주 류씨 |
Life & career
Yu Il-ho (Yoo Il-ho, born 1955) is a South Korean economist and politician, born March 30, 1955. A graduate of Seoul National University's economics department, he earned a doctorate in economics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1989 and served as a research fellow at the Korea Development Institute and president of the Korea Institute of Public Finance. He is the eldest son of the politician Yu Chi-song, who is presented as Jeonju Ryu.
He served as a member of the 18th and 19th National Assembly (Songpa B, Seoul), and in the Park Geun-hye government as second Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance, also acting as prime minister. Korean Wikipedia lists later roles such as endowed professor, outside director and civilian chair of the presidential Regulatory Reform Committee.
His father Yu Chi-song (1924-2006), born in Pyeongtaek, served in the 6th and 9th-12th National Assemblies and ran in the 1981 presidential election as president of the Democratic Korea Party. The clan presents father and son as leading modern politicians.
Public Career
After serving as transport minister he became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance in 2016 and served until 2017; Korean Wikipedia notes that he also acted as prime minister.