Hangul: | 이한구 |
Hanja: | 李漢久 |
Rr: | I Hangu |
Mr: | I Han'gu |
Lee Hahn-koo (; born 12 December 1945) is a South Korean politician and the former parliamentary leader of the Saenuri Party. A former economist, Lee was previously an economic adviser and chief of staff to Park Geun-hye,[1] and in the 2012 parliamentary elections he campaigned on the slogan "Make Park Geun-hye the next president".[2] He studied at Seoul National University and completed a doctoral degree in economics at Kansas State University before serving the South Korean Ministry of Finance as a civil servant. He is now serving his fourth term in the Assembly, having been elected as a proportional representation candidate in 2000 before becoming member for Suseong-gap in Daegu in 2004.[3] [4]