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Lee Myung-bak

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Lee Myung-bak GOM (born 19 December 1941), often referred to by his initials MB, is a South Korean businessman and politician who served as the tenth president of South Korea from 2008 to 2013. Before his presidency, he was the CEO of Hyundai Engineering & Construction, and the mayor of Seoul from 2002 to 2006. Lee is married to Kim Yoon-ok and has three daughters and one son. His older brother, Lee Sang-deuk, was a South Korean politician. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lee Myung-bak is the 900th most popular politician (up from 1,048th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Japan (up from 34th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Politician.

Lee Myung-bak is most famous for being the president of South Korea from 2008 to 2013.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lee Myung-bak ranks 900 out of 19,576. Before him are John A. Macdonald, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Robert II of France, Imad ad-Din Zengi, Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Ptolemy IV Philopator. After him are Gaius Octavius, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Darius II, Simon of Cyrene, Justin I, and Felix Dzerzhinsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Lee Myung-bak ranks 13. Before him are Plácido Domingo, Sergio Mattarella, Bernardo Bertolucci, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Cesária Évora, and Riccardo Muti. After him are Fethullah Gülen, Robert Forster, Richard Dawkins, Bernie Sanders, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and Bruno Ganz.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Lee Myung-bak ranks 27 out of 6,245. Before him are Hiroo Onoda (1922), Yoko Ono (1933), Isoroku Yamamoto (1884), Emperor Jimmu (-711), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), and Osamu Dazai (1909). After him are Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), Kanō Jigorō (1860), Yayoi Kusama (1929), and Emperor Kōmei (1831).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Lee Myung-bak ranks 8. Before him are Emperor Meiji (1852), Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536), Hideki Tojo (1884), Shinzō Abe (1954), Emperor Jimmu (-711), and Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894). After him are Emperor Kōmei (1831), Jiroemon Kimura (1897), Itō Hirobumi (1841), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), and Takeda Shingen (1521).

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