Lee Ju-yeol, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetLee Ju-yeol
Economist and current Governor of the Bank of Korea
Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1952
Place of Birth: Wonju, Gangwon Province, South Korea
Profession: economist, banker
Nationality: South Korea
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Lee Ju-yeol
- Lee Ju-yeol (Korean: ???; Hanja: ???; born 24 July 1952) is a South Korean economist and technocrat who was appointed Governor of the Bank of Korea, the South Korean central bank, on 1 April 2014.
- He was re-nominated for the governorship by President Moon Jae-in and the nomination was confirmed by the National Assembly, thus renewing his governorship to March 2022.
- He also serves as the Alternate Governor representing South Korea on the IMF Board.Lee received his BA in Business Management from Yonsei University in 1977 and MA in Economics from Pennsylvania State University in 1988.
- He first worked at the Bank of Korea in 1977 and served as Senior Deputy Governor from 2009 to 2012.
- Afterwards, he retired to work as an Economics professor at Yonsei University.Lee is married and has a son and a daughter.
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