Lee Soon-ja

Lee Soon-ja (Korean: 이순자; born 24 March 1939) is the widow of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan. She was the first lady when Chun Doo-hwan was in office, from 1980 to 1988.

Lee Soon-ja
First Lady of South Korea
In role
1 September 1980  28 June 1987
PresidentChun Doo-hwan
Preceded byHong Gi
Succeeded byKim Ok-suk
Personal details
Born (1939-03-24) 24 March 1939
Chōshun, Manchukuo, Empire of Japan
(now Changchun, Jilin, China)
Spouse
(m. 1958; died 2021)
Children4
Alma materEwha Womans University (dropped out)
ReligionBuddhism (formerly Roman Catholic)
Lee Soon-ja
Hangul
이순자
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Sunja
McCune–ReischauerI Suncha
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