| Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency | ||||||||
| Kim Suk-soo | |||||||||
| Office: | 31st Prime Minister of South Korea | ||||||||
| Term Start: | 10 September 2002 | ||||||||
| Term End: | 26 February 2003 | ||||||||
| President: | Kim Dae-jung | ||||||||
| Successor: | Goh Kun | ||||||||
| Birth Date: | 20 November 1932 | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Katō-gun, Keishōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan (now Hadong County, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea) | ||||||||
| Occupation: | Politician, lawyer | ||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Yonsei University | ||||||||
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| Native Name Lang: | ko | ||||||||
Kim Suk-soo (; born 20 November 1932) is a South Korean politician and attorney-at-law who served as prime minister of South Korea from 2002 to 2003 under president Kim Dae-jung.
Kim graduated from in 1952 and Yonsei University in 1956 with a bachelor's degree in law. After his service as a justice of the Supreme Court and chairman of the National Election Commission, Kim was nominated by President Kim Dae-jung to be prime minister on 10 September 2002. He was the president's third choice for the position, vacant since the removal of Lee Han-dong, following the opposition-controlled parliament's rejection of Chang Sang and Chang Dae-whan. He was confirmed on 5 October 2002, by a vote of 210 to 31.[1] New President Roh Moo-hyun chose Goh Kun as Kim's replacement on 26 February 2003.
On 25 April 2013, Kim was elected as the head director of Yonsei University after Bang Woo-Young, a former chairman of The Chosun Ilbo, resigned. Kim is also an Of Counsel at DR & AJU LLC.[2]