Native Name: | 강현욱 |
Order: | 24th and 31st |
Term Start: | 1 July 2002 |
Term End: | 30 June 2006 |
Term Start2: | 20 May 1988 |
Term End2: | 20 June 1990 |
Successor: | Kim Wan-ju |
Office: | Governor of North Jeolla Province |
Order3: | 9th |
Office3: | South Korean Minister of the Environment |
Term Start3: | 20 December 1996 |
Term End3: | 6 August 1997 |
Order4: | 15th and 16th |
Office4: | South Korean National Assemblyman representing Gunsan |
Term Start5: | 30 May 1996 |
Term End5: | 29 May 2000 |
Successor5: | Kang Hyun-wook |
Predecessor4: | Kang Hyun-wook |
Term Start4: | 30 May 2000 |
Term End4: | 30 June 2002 |
Order6: | 42nd |
Office6: | South Korean Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries |
Term Start6: | 31 March 1992 |
Term End6: | 25 February 1993 |
Birth Date: | 27 March 1938 |
Birth Place: | Kunzan-shi, Zenrahoku-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan |
Alma Mater: | Seoul National University |
Nationality: | South Korean |
Party: | Independent Millennium Democratic Democratic Liberal |
Kang Hyun-wook (; born 27 March 1938) is a South Korean politician who served as the governor of North Jeolla Province from May 1988 to June 1990 and then again from July 2002 to June 2006. He also served as South Korea's Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries from 1992 to 1993, as South Korea's Minister of the Environment from 1996 to 1997, and as the South Korean National Assemblyman representing Gunsan from May 1996 to June 2002.
Kang was born in March 1938 in what is now Gunsan, South Korea. He graduated from Gunsan Middle School in 1954 and Gunsan High School in 1957. He received a bachelor's degree in Foreign Studies from the Seoul National University in 1961.
Kang has served as a Vice Minister of Economic Planning, Vice Minister of MOCIE.
From December 1996 to August 1997, Kang was South Korea's Minister of the Environment.
From 1992 to 1993, Kang was South Korea's Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries.
From May 1996 to June 2002, Kang was the 15th and 16th National Assemblyman representing Gunsan.[1]
From 1988 to 1990 and then again from July 2002 to June 2006, Kang was the governor of North Jeolla Province.
Kang is Catholic and he was baptized as Paul.