Lee Hui-seong

Lee Hui-seong
Lee Hui-seong
Minister of Transport
	In office; 21 May 1982 – 15 October 1983
Preceded by	Yoon Ja-jung [ko]
Succeeded by	Son Soo-ik
Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Army
	In office; 13 December 1979 – 15 December 1981
Preceded by	Jeong Seung-hwa
Succeeded by	Hwang Young-si [ko]
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency of South Korea
	In office; 30 October 1979 – 12 December 1979
Preceded by	Yoon Il-gyun [ko]
Succeeded by	Yoon Il-gyun
Personal details
Born	29 December 1924; Goseong County, Keishōnan-dō (South Gyeongsang Province), Korea, Empire of Japan
Died	6 June 2022 (aged 97)
Nationality	South Korean
Political party	Independent
Education	Korea National Defense University
Occupation	Military 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[edit]

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

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