| Native Name Lang: | ko |
| Lee In-je | |
| Office: | Governor of Gyeonggi Province |
| Term Start: | 1 July 1995 |
| Term End: | 18 September 1997 |
| Predecessor: | Lee Hae-jae |
| Successor: | Im su-bok (acting) |
| Office2: | Member of the National Assembly |
| Term Start2: | 30 May 1988 |
| Term End2: | 7 June 1995 |
| Term Start3: | 30 May 2000 |
| Term End3: | 29 May 2016 |
| Office4: | Minister of Labor |
| Term Start4: | 26 February 1993 |
| Term End4: | 21 December 1993 |
| Birth Date: | 11 December 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea |
| Nationality: | South Korean |
| Spouse: | Kim Eun-sook |
| Alma Mater: | Seoul National University |
| Hangul: | 이인제 |
| Hanja: | 李仁濟 |
| Rr: | I In(-)je |
| Mr: | Yi Inje |
Lee In-je (; born 11 December 1948) is a South Korean politician and a former judge.[1]
He was born in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province and graduated from Seoul National University. In 1988, he entered politics after having been elected to the National Assembly. He also served as the first Minister of Labor in President Kim Young-sam’s administration in 1993, and the governor of Gyeonggi Province from 1995–1997.
In the 1997, he was defeated by Lee Hoi-chang in the New Korea Party's election to choose its presidential candidate. Afterwards, he resigned from the party to create the New People's Party to launch his ultimately unsuccessful run for the presidency. In the 2002, he was one of the leading contenders to run for president as the nominee of the Millennium Democratic Party but resigned after being defeated by the ultimate presidential victor Roh Moo-hyun. In 2007, Rhee again ran for president as the nominee of the Democratic Party but was defeated by Grand National Party candidate Lee Myung-bak. He has stayed active in politics and in July 2014 was elected to the Supreme Council of Saenuri Party, then ruling party of the Republic of Korea.[2] He has a special nickname: Phoenikje [a combination of Phoenix and (Rhee in) JE]. The nickname derives from his ability to change political party affiliation 16 times[3] and be elected to the National Assembly a total of six times despite numerous past defeats in presidential elections and the fall of his affiliated parties.[4] He ran for governor of South Chungcheong Province in the 2018 local elections but lost to Yang Seung-jo of the Democratic Party of Korea.