Lee Hui-seong | |
Birth Date: | 29 December 1924 |
Birth Place: | Goseong County, Keishōnan-dō (South Gyeongsang Province), Korea, Empire of Japan |
Nationality: | South Korean |
Occupation: | Military officer |
Education: | Korea National Defense University |
Party: | Independent |
Office: | Minister of Transport |
Term Start: | 21 May 1982 |
Term End: | 15 October 1983 |
Successor: | Son Soo-ik |
Office2: | Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Army |
Term Start2: | 13 December 1979 |
Term End2: | 15 December 1981 |
Predecessor2: | Jeong Seung-hwa |
Office3: | Director of the Central Intelligence Agency of South Korea |
Term Start3: | 30 October 1979 |
Term End3: | 12 December 1979 |
Successor3: | Yoon Il-gyun |
Lee Hui-seong (ko|이희성; 29 December 1924 – 6 June 2022) was a South Korean military officer and politician. An independent, he served as Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Army from 1979 to 1981 and was Minister of Transport from 1982 to 1983.[1]
He died on 6 June 2022, at the age of 97.[2]