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Kim Boo-kyum

1958 - Today

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Kim Boo-kyum (Korean: 김부겸; RR: Gim Bugyeom; born 21 January 1958) is a South Korean activist and politician who served as the 47th prime minister of South Korea from 2021 to 2022 under President Moon Jae-in. He was also the Minister of Interior and Safety from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served as the Member of the National Assembly for Suseong 1st constituency from 2016 to 2020 and was previously MP for Gunpo from 2000 to 2012, first for the Grand National Party (GNP) and then, from 2003, the liberal Uri Party and its successors. In the 2016 parliamentary election in Daegu, Kim defeated his Saenuri opponent Kim Moon-soo in a 62.5 per cent landslide, marking the first time a member of a liberal party had been elected in that city since 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kim Boo-kyum is the 13,053rd most popular politician (up from 13,890th in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 221st in 2019) and the 87th most popular South Korean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kim Boo-kyum ranks 13,053 out of 19,576. Before him are Da Ding, Appius Claudius Pulcher, Pierre Dupong, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, King Qing of Zhou, and Teodor Teodorov. After him are Chris Heunis, Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, Saifuddin Azizi, Faroald I of Spoleto, Andris Bērziņš, and Fidel Sánchez Hernández.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Kim Boo-kyum ranks 181. Before him are Algirdas Butkevičius, Rachel Ticotin, Sheree J. Wilson, Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Chibly Langlois, and Kim Coates. After him are Mark Cuban, Christiane Amanpour, Linda Kozlowski, Ramadan Shalah, Charlene Tilton, and Joseba Sarrionandia.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Kim Boo-kyum ranks 215 out of 1,128. Before him are Choi Soon-sil (1956), Oh Se-hoon (1961), Kim Tae-hee (1980), Nam Sung-yong (1912), Gim Hongdo (1745), and So Ji-sub (1977). After him are Jun Ji-hyun (1981), Im Yoon-ah (1990), Jee Yong-ju (1948), Park Seo-joon (1988), Kim Yoon-ok (1947), and Myung Rye-hyun (1926).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Kim Boo-kyum ranks 87. Before him are Yi Jun-yong (1870), Jo Gwang-jo (1482), Heo Mok (1595), Song Si-yeol (1607), Lee Nak-yeon (1951), and Oh Se-hoon (1961). After him are Jeong In-ji (1396), Lee Hae-chan (1952), Sin Sukju (1417), Lee Wan-koo (1950), Chang Taek-sang (1893), and Chung Won-shik (1928).

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