Lee Woo-jae | |
Birth Date: | 5 May 1934 |
Office: | Member of the National Assembly of South Korea |
Term: | 1981 |
Office1: | Ministry of Postal Service |
President1: | Roh Tae-woo |
Primeminister1: | Kang Young-hoon |
Term Start1: | 19 July 1989 |
Term End1: | 26 December 1990 |
Preceded1: | Choi Young-chul |
Succeeded1: | Song Eun-jong |
Party: | Democratic Justice Party |
Native Name Lang: | ko |
Lee Woo-jae (; 5 May 1934 – 12 July 2024) was a South Korean politician. He served as minister of Postal Service from 1989 to 1990.[1] He was a member of the Hanahoe, a private organization within the South Korean army.[2] He participated in the founding of the Fifth Republic from its inception in 1980, when he was included as a permanent member of the Hanahoe-led National Security Emergency Committee. After serving as a proportional representative of the Democratic Justice Party in the 11th National Assembly, he was appointed the first president of the Korea Telecommunications Corporation in 1981.[3]
Lee died on 12 July 2024, at the age of 90.[4]