Kim Boo-kyum

Kim Boo-kyum (Hangul: 김부겸; Hanja: 金富謙; born 21 January 1958) is a South Korean activist and politician. He was the 43rd Prime Minister of South Korea from 2021 until 2022.^[1] He was the former Minister of Interior and Safety from 2017 to 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

His Excellency Kim Boo-kyum
김부겸
43rd Prime Minister of South Korea
In office 14 May 2021 – 11 May 2022
President	Moon Jae-in Yoon Suk-yeol
Deputy	Yoo Eun-hae Hong Nam-ki
Preceded by	Chung Sye-kyun Hong Nam-ki (acting)
Succeeded by	Han Duck-soo Choo Kyung-ho (acting)
Minister of the Interior and Safety
In office 16 June 2017 – 6 April 2019
Prime Minister	Lee Nak-yeon
Preceded by	Hong Yoon-shik
Succeeded by	Chin Young
Member of the National Assembly
In office 30 May 2016 – 29 May 2020
Preceded by	Lee Hahn-koo
Succeeded by	Joo Ho-young
Constituency	Suseong A (Daegu)
In office 30 May 2000 – 29 May 2012
Preceded by	Lew Seon-ho
Succeeded by	Lee Hack-young
Constituency	Gunpo
Personal details
Born	(1958-01-21) 21 January 1958 (age 67) Sangju, North Gyeongsang, South Korea
Citizenship	South Korean
Political party	Democratic
Other political affiliations	HDP (1988–1991) Democratic (1991–1995) UDP (1995–1997) GNP (1997–2003) Independent (2003; 2007) Uri (2003–2007) GUDNP (2007–2008) UDP (2008) Democratic (2008–2011) DUP (2011–2013) Democratic (2013–2014) NPAD (2014–2015)
Alma mater	Seoul National University
Occupation	Activist, politician+
Signature
Korean name
Hangul	김부겸
Hanja	金富謙
Revised Romanization	Gim Bugyeom
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Pugyŏm

He also was the Member of the National Assembly for Suseong 1st constituency from 2016 to 2020 and for Gunpo from 2000 to 2012.