| Nam Duck-woo | |||||||||
| Office: | 12th Prime Minister of South Korea | ||||||||
| Term Start: | 22 September 1980 | ||||||||
| Term End: | 3 January 1982 | ||||||||
| President: | Chun Doo-hwan | ||||||||
| Predecessor: | Park Choong-hoon (acting) | ||||||||
| Successor: | Yoo Chang-soon | ||||||||
| Birth Date: | April 22, 1924 | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Kōshū, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan | ||||||||
| Death Place: | Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||
| Occupation: | Politician, Economist | ||||||||
| Nationality: | South Korean | ||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Kookmin University (BA) Seoul National University (MA) Oklahoma State University (PhD) | ||||||||
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Nam Duck-woo (22 April 1924 – 18 May 2013) was the 12th prime minister of South Korea from 1980 to 1982.
Nam received his PhD in economics from Oklahoma State University. He served as finance minister from 1969 to 1974 under the presidency of Park Chung-hee. He was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea in 1974 and served in this position till 1978. Under President Chun Doo-hwan, Nam was the prime minister from 1980 to 1982.
Nam served as the International Chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) from 1983 to 1985.
On May 18, 2013, Duck-woo died of testicular cancer at the age of 89.[1]