PROFILE

   Education and Honorary Degrees

1970

Graduated from Sacred Heart Girls' High School, Seoul, Korea

1974

BS in Electronic Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea

1987

Honorary Doctorate in Literature, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan

2008

Honorary Doctorate in Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea

2008

Honorary Doctorate in Politics, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea

2010

Honorary Doctorate in Politics, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea

   Career          

1974-1979

Acting First Lady

1974-to date

Director of the Yukyoung Foundation

1994-to date

Member of the Korean Writers' Association

1998-2000

Lawmaker in the 15th National Assembly

Member of the Commerce, Industry and Energy Committee

Member of the Special Committee on Women's Affairs

1998-2002

Vice-chairperson of the Grand National Party

2000-2004

Lawmaker in the 16th National Assembly

Member of the Unification, Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee

Member of the Gender Equality and FamilyAffairs Committee

Member of the Science, Technology,

Information and Telecommunication Committee

2002, May-Nov.

Party President of the Korea Coalition for the Future

2003

Chairperson of the Grand National Party's Presidential Election Committee

Member of the Standing Steering Committee of the Grand National Party

2004-2008

Lawmaker in the 17th National Assembly

Member of the National Defense Committee

Member of the Government Administration and Local Autonomy Committee

Member of the Environment and Labor Committee

2004, March-2006

Chairperson of the Grand National Party

2007

Candidate in Grand National Party presidential

primary for the 17th Presidential Election

2008-2012

Lawmaker in the 18th National Assembly

Member of the Health, Welfare and Family Affairs Committee

Member of the Strategy and Finance Committee

2011, Dec.-May 2012

Chairperson of the Emergency Committee of the Saenuri Party

2012, May-Dec.

Lawmaker in the 19th National Assembly

2012, Aug.-Dec.

Presidential candidate of the Saenuri Party in the 18th Presidential Election

2012, Dec.-to date

President-elect for the 18th presidential term