Lee Bum Suk (Korean: 이범석; RR: I Beomseok; 1925–1983) was the Foreign Minister of South Korea from 1982 until his death in 1983.

In 1965, Lee was appointed as research fellow at Korea National Diplomatic Academy and in 1966, he became the Head of Protocols at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On June 29, 1983, one year after taking office as Foreign Minister, he gave a speech at the National Defense University, saying:[3] "Normalization of relations with the Soviet Union and China is an important task for Korean diplomacy.

"During the speech, he used the term Nordpolitik and presented it as a goal of normalized relations with the closest allies to North Korea, China and the Soviet Union.

[3] In 1983, ahead of a trip to six countries in Southwest Asia and Oceania by President Chun Doo-hwan and First Lady Lee Soon-ja, he opposed going to Burma before India.

On October 9, Lee was part of the presidential staff who assembled early at Martyrs' Mausoleum, when one of three bombs concealed in the roof by North Korean agents exploded.