Lee Jae-joung

For the female politician, see Lee Jae-jung.

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Jae-joung
Hangul	이재정
Hanja	李在禎
Revised Romanization	I Jaejeong
McCune–Reischauer	Ri Chaejŏng

Lee Jae-joung (born March 1, 1944) was the Unification Minister of South Korea. As head of the Ministry of Unification, Lee is tasked with working toward the reunification of Korea.

Lee assumed the position of Minister for Unification, taking over from Lee Jeong-suk (now a Senior Fellow at the Sejong Institute and Member of the Presidential Advisory Group on the Inter-Korean Summit) in December 2006. The appointment made him the 33rd Minister for Unification, and in the intense prelude to the second inter-Korean Leader's Summit of 2–4 October 2007, the appointment also made him a regular figure in the Korean-language media.

See also

• Government of South Korea
• Foreign relations of South Korea
• Division of Korea

External links

• Governor of Gyeonggido Office of Education
• Lee Jae-joung on Twitter

Political offices
Preceded by Lee Jong-seok	Unification Minister of South Korea 2006–2008	Succeeded by Kim Ha-joong
Party political offices
Preceded by (create)	Leader of People's Participation Party 2010–2011	Succeeded by Rhyu Si-min