| Ro Jai-bong | |
| Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
| Order: | 22nd |
| Office: | Prime Minister of South Korea |
| Term Start: | December 27, 1990 |
| Term End: | May 24, 1991 |
| President: | Roh Tae-woo |
| Predecessor: | Kang Young-hoon |
| Successor: | Chung Won-shik |
| Birth Date: | 8 February 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Shōgen, Keishōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan |
| Death Place: | Seoul, South Korea |
| Alma Mater: | Seoul National University (BA) Brigham Young University (MA) New York University (PhD) |
| Party: | Independent |
| Native Name Lang: | ko |
Ro Jai-bong (February 8, 1936 – April 23, 2024) was a South Korean politician. He served from December 1990 to May 1991 as the 22nd prime minister of South Korea.[1] Ro was born in Shōgen, Keishōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan on February 8, 1936.[2] [3]
Ro graduated from Seoul National University and received a doctorate in political science from New York University. He then worked as an international political scientist before joining government as chief of staff for President Roh Tae-woo in 1990 and became prime minister shortly afterwards. In 1992, he was elected to the National Assembly of Korea.[4]
After his political career, Ro became president of Seoul Digital University from 2002 to 2005.[4]
Ro was married and had two children. He was diagnosed with blood cancer in 2023 and died from complications of the disease at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital[4] on April 23, 2024, at the age of 88.[5]