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Lee Hui-seong

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Lee Hui-seong
Minister of Transport
In office
21 May 1982 – 15 October 1983
Preceded byYoon Ja-jung [ko]
Succeeded bySon Soo-ik
Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Army
In office
13 December 1979 – 15 December 1981
Preceded byJeong Seung-hwa
Succeeded byHwang Young-si [ko]
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency of South Korea
In office
30 October 1979 – 12 December 1979
Preceded byYoon Il-gyun [ko]
Succeeded byYoon Il-gyun
Personal details
Born29 December 1924
Goseong County, Keishōnan-dō (South Gyeongsang Province), Korea, Empire of Japan
Died6 June 2022(2022-06-06) (aged 97)
NationalitySouth Korean
Political partyIndependent
EducationKorea National Defense University
OccupationMilitary officer

Lee Hui-seong (Korean: 이희성; 29 December 1924 – 6 June 2022) was a South Korean military officer and politician. An independent, he served as Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Army from 1979 to 1981 and was Minister of Transport from 1982 to 1983.[1]

He died on 6 June 2022, at the age of 97.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "역대 정부부처 장차관 - 건설교통부". Ministry of Land, Instrastructure and Transport (in Korean). Archived from the original on 9 August 2007.
  2. ^ Shim, Gyu-sang (10 June 2022). "[단독] 5.18 계엄사령관 이희성 사망... 정호용만 남았다". OhmyNews (in Korean). Retrieved 11 June 2022.