| Lee Cheol-woo | |||||||||||
| Office: | Governor of North Gyeongsang Province | ||||||||||
| Term Start: | 1 July 2018 | ||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Kim Kwan-yong | ||||||||||
| Office1: | Member of the National Assembly | ||||||||||
| Term Start1: | 30 May 2008 | ||||||||||
| Term End1: | 14 May 2018 | ||||||||||
| Predecessor1: | Lim In-bae | ||||||||||
| Successor1: | Song Eon-seog | ||||||||||
| Constituency1: | Gimcheon | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 15 August 1955 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea | ||||||||||
| Nationality: | South Korean | ||||||||||
| Party: | People Power | ||||||||||
| Otherparty: | Liberty Korea | ||||||||||
| Occupation: | Politician | ||||||||||
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Lee Cheol-woo (; born 15 August 1955), also spelled Lee Cheol-uoo, is a South Korean politician and the Governor of North Gyeongsang Province since 2018.[1] A member of the People Power Party, he was a member of the National Assembly of South Korea and was the vice-governor of North Gyeongsang Province from December 2005 to January 2008.
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.
Lee served as a member and manager of the National Intelligence Service for more than 20 years before becoming vice-governor. He spent almost 5 years as a teacher in various 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.