Lee Eui-geun (7 November 1938 – 21 April 2009[1]) is the governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do, a province in eastern South Korea.
His name has been mentioned as a possible future candidate for prime minister.
[1] Born in 1938 in Iseo-myeon, Cheongdo County, Gyeongsangbuk-do, he attended local elementary and middle schools, then transferred to Daegu Commercial High School, from which he graduated in 1958.
Lee has received honorary doctorates from Khabarovsk State Academy of Economics and Law, Yeungnam University, and the Catholic University of Daegu.
He was also awarded South Korea's Order of National Merit in 1988.