Lee Jin-sook (academic)

Lee Jin-sook
이진숙
President of Chungnam National University
In office
28 February 2020 – 27 February 2024
Preceded byOh Duk-sung
Succeeded byKim Jeong-kyoum
Personal details
Born (1960-06-17) 17 June 1960
Daejeon, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Alma materChungnam National University (BS, MS)
Tokyo Institute of Technology (PhD)
Korean name
Hangul
이진숙
Hanja
李眞淑
RRI Jinsuk
MRI Chinsuk

Lee Jin-sook (Korean: 이진숙; born 17 June 1960) is a South Korean professor of architectural engineering at Chungnam National University (CNU), who served as its 19th president. She was the first woman to become president of CNU or any of the other Flagship Korean National Universities.[1]

Biography

Lee has been teaching at CNU from 1989.[2] Since then, she has taken various roles in her university such as dean of its Department of Architectural Engineering and College of Engineering and Graduate School of Industry,[3] its Director of Office of International Affairs [1] and the president of council of CNU women professors.[4] She is the second CNU head whose alma mater includes CNU.

Lee has also taken multiple advisory roles to the government participating in Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology and Presidential Committee on Architecture Policy as well as sub-committees of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of the Interior and Safety, now-Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, now Ministry of Science and ICT and National Agency for Administrative City Construction.[5] She also took advisory roles to local governments of Daejeon Metropolitan City where CNU resides and nearby South Chungcheong Province.[4]

She was also the president of Korea Society of Lighting and Visual Environment and Korea Society of Color Studies.[5]

Lee is the first CNU president directly elected by all members of CNU - its academic staff, administrative staff and students. In the first round of CNU-president-election, she ranked second scoring 22.55% of the total votes by earning the most votes from administrative staff, TAs and students.[6] In the second round, she earned 52.34% of the votes. Her nomination was approved by Ministry of Education and confirmed by President Moon Jae-in.[7]

She holds the bachelor's in architectural engineering education and master's in architectural planning from CNU and a doctorate degree in architectural environment planning from Tokyo Institute of Technology.[5][8]

Lee's term as president ended on 27 February 2024.[9] She was succeeded by Kim Jeong-kyoum.[10]

In June 2025, President Lee Jae Myung nominated Lee for the position of Minister of Education, set to be the first woman to hold it.[11] Lee's scrutiny hearing for this nomination was held at the South Korean National Assembly on 14 July 2025.[12]

On 20 July 2025, Lee Jae-myung withdrew the nomination of Lee Jin-sook as Minister of Education.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 "[만났습니다]②국립대 첫 여성총장…"지역 사랑받는 대학 만들겠다"". 이데일리 (in Korean). 16 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "충남대 이진숙 총장 임명..첫 여성 총장 탄생". 디트news24 (in Korean). 28 February 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "[속보] 이진숙 교수, 제19대 충남대학교 총장 당선". 뉴스티앤티 (in Korean). 28 November 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. 1 2 "총장프로필 > 총장실 > CNU > 충남대학교". plus.cnu.ac.kr. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 "충남대학교 제19대 이진숙 총장 임명". Kyosu Shinmun (in Korean). 28 February 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "충남대 총장 '1순위' 이진숙 만든 일등공신은". 디트news24 (in Korean). 3 December 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "이진숙 충남대 총장 1순위 선출 '긴박했던 4시간'". 디트news24 (in Korean). 29 November 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  8. ↑ ORCID. "Jinsook Lee (0000-0003-4715-5192)". orcid.org. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "역대총장". plus.cnu.ac.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  10. ↑ 고, 미선 (1 April 2024). "김정겸 충남대 총장 취임 "구성원이 행복한, 미래사회 선도하는 강한 대학으로"". 중도일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  11. ↑ CHOSUNBIZ (29 June 2025). "Lee Jin-sook named South Korea's first female education minister, pledges 10 national universities". CHOSUNBIZ. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  12. ↑ Arin, Kim (14 July 2025). "Assembly starts packed week of hearings for Lee's inaugural Cabinet". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "李대통령, 이진숙 지명 철회 '첫 낙마'…강선우는 임명 수순(종합)" (in Korean). 韩联社. 20 July 2025.
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