Cho Soon

Cho Soon
Mayor of Seoul
In office
1 July 1995  9 September 1997
Preceded byChoi Byung-ryeol
Succeeded byGoh Kun
Governor of the Bank of Korea
In office
26 March 1992  14 March 1993
Preceded byKim Kun
Succeeded byKim Myung-ho
Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
5 December 1988  17 March 1990
PresidentRoh Tae-woo
Prime MinisterKang Young-hoon
Preceded byRha Woong-bae
Succeeded byLee Seung-yoon
Personal details
Born1 February 1928
Jumunjin, Kōgen Province, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died23 June 2022(2022-06-23) (aged 94)
Seoul, South Korea
Political partyGrand National
Democratic People's
Alma materSeoul National University
University of California, Berkeley
OccupationProfessor

Cho Soon (Korean: 조순; 1 February 1928 – 23 June 2022) was a South Korean politician who was the first publicly elected mayor of Seoul, serving from 1995 to 1997. Previously, he held office as the deputy prime minister of South Korea from 1988 to 1990 and as the governor of the Bank of Korea from 1992 to 1993.