Yoon Ki-jung

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Yoon Ki-jung
Yoon's portrait
Born	(1931-12-19)19 December 1931 Korea, Empire of Japan
Died	15 August 2023(2023-08-15) (aged 91) Seoul, South Korea
Education	Yonsei University (BEc, MEc) Hitotsubashi University
Occupation	Economist
Years active	1958–1997
Spouse	Choi Seong-ja ​ (date missing)​
Children	2, including Yoon Suk Yeol
Family	Kim Keon-hee (daughter-in-law)
Korean name
Hangul	윤기중
Hanja	尹起重
Revised Romanization	Yun Gijung
McCune–Reischauer	Yun Kijung

Yoon Ki-jung (Korean: 윤기중; 19 December 1931 – 15 August 2023)^[1][2] was a South Korean economist. He is the father of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol. Yoon died on 15 August 2023, at the age of 91.

Yoon was born on 19 December 1931.^[3]

His lineage traces back to Yun Shin-dal, a founding contributor of the Goryeo Dynasty. Born as the 34th-generation descendant from the progenitor, he is the son of Yun Ho-byung. He graduated from Gongju Agricultural High School and subsequently from the Department of Economics at Yonsei University.

In 1958, he completed his postgraduate studies at Yonsei University's Graduate School. He studied at one of the top universities, Hitotsubashi University (Tokyo University Commerce) and were professor of Yonsei University. From 1958 to 1997, he served as a professor at both Hanyang University and Yonsei University. Until 1997, he held positions as a professor of Applied Statistics at Yonsei University, as well as the presidency of the Korean Statistical Society and the Korean Economic Association.^[4][5]

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