Former Deputy Prime Minister Cho Soon Passes Away at 94 Due to Old Age

Cho Soon, former Deputy Prime Minister of Economy (Emeritus Professor at Seoul National University)

[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Son Seon-hee] Former Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Cho Soon passed away on the 23rd at the age of 94.

According to the bereaved family, former Deputy Prime Minister Cho had recently been hospitalized at Seoul Asan Medical Center for treatment due to old age.

The deceased served as a professor in the Department of Economics at Seoul National University for 20 years starting in 1968, before being appointed as Minister of Economic Planning and Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs under the Roh Tae-woo administration in 1988. He later served as Governor of the Bank of Korea, the first popularly elected Mayor of Seoul, and a member of the 15th National Assembly. Until recently, he was an emeritus professor in the Department of Economics at the College of Social Sciences, Seoul National University.

The bereaved family includes his eldest son Cho Ki-song, who served as CEO of Kangwon Land. The funeral hall has been set up at Seoul Asan Medical Center. After the funeral on the 25th, he will be laid to rest at his ancestral burial site in Haksan, Gujeong-myeon, Gangneung, where he will rest in peace.

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