Lee Hee-beom | |
Honorific-Suffix: | Olympic Order |
Office1: | President & CEO of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games |
Term Start1: | May 4, 2016 |
Term End1: | March 25, 2018 |
Predecessor1: | Cho Yang-ho |
Successor1: | Cai Qi |
1Blankname1: | IOC President |
1Namedata1: | Thomas Bach |
Office2: | Chair of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games |
Term Start2: | May 4, 2016 |
Term End2: | March 31, 2019 |
Predecessor2: | Cho Yang-ho |
Successor2: | Position dissolved |
Office3: | 8th Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy |
President3: | Roh Moo-hyun |
Term Start3: | December 17, 2003 |
Term End3: | February 10, 2006 |
Predecessor3: | Yoon Jin-shik |
Successor3: | Chung Sye-kyun |
Birth Date: | 23 March 1949 |
Birth Place: | Chilgok, Gyeongsangbuk-do |
Nationality: | South Korean |
Hangul: | 이희범 |
Rr: | I Huibeom |
Mr: | I Hŭibŏm |
Lee Hee-beom (; March 23, 1949) is a South Korean politician. He took over as President of the Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics to succeed Cho Yang-ho after his resignation.
Lee Hee-beom was born on March 23, 1949, in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province.[1]
Lee graduated from Seoul National University High School,Seoul National University, BSSeoul National University Graduate School of Public Administration, George Washington University Master of Business Administration, Kyunghee University, Graduate School, Doctor of Business AdministrationHoseo University Honorary Doctorate.
On May 4, 2016, he was nominated as President & CEO of the Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for XXIII Olympic Winter Games to replace Cho Yang-ho since stepping down on May 3.
In 2018, he was given the gold Olympic Order award and the Paralympic Order award after his efforts in coordinating the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Pyeongchang.[2] [3]