Son Myung-soon

Son Myung-soon
First Lady of South Korea
In role 25 February 1993 – 24 February 1998
President	Kim Young-sam
Preceded by	Kim Ok-suk
Succeeded by	Lee Hee-ho
Personal details
Born	(1929-01-29)29 January 1929 Shinryū-yū, Kinkai-gun, Keishōnan-dō, Japanese-occupied Korea (today Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea)
Died	7 March 2024(2024-03-07) (aged 95) Seoul, South Korea
Spouse(s)	Kim Young-sam ​ ​ (m. 1951; died 2015)​
Children	5
Alma mater	Ewha Womans University
Religion	Presbyterianism (GAPCK)

Son Myung-soon
Hangul	손명순
Hanja	孫命順
Revised Romanization	Son Myeong-sun
McCune–Reischauer	Son Myŏngsun

Son Myung-soon (Hangul:손명순, Hanja:孫命順) (also transliterated as Sohn Myung Soon) (29 January 1929 – 7 March 2024)^[1] was a South Korean socialite. She was the widow of South Korean President Kim Young-sam. She was the first lady when Kim Young-sam was in office, from 1993 to 1998.^{[2] [3]}

Son Myung-soon died on 7 March 2024 in Seoul, South Korea from COVID-19 at the age of 95.^[4]

References

1. "역대 대통령들의 배우자.JPG : 클리앙".
2. "Los Angeles Times Sep 3, 1996". Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
3. Yonhap news agency, Seoul - March 10, 1997 BBC
4. "Former President Kim Young-sam's widow dies". Korea Herald. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.