page_title: Cheongju Han clan
section_title: Living members
hierarchical_section_title: Cheongju Han clan / Living members
caption_attribution_description: English: Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International; Kgalema Motlanthe, President of South Africa; Han Seung-Soo, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea; Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico; captured during the session 'Reviving Economic Growth' at the Annual Meeting 2009 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
context_page_description: Cheongju Han clan is a Korean royal clan. Also called the House of Han or known as Han clan of Cheonju.
  Cheongju Han clan is considered one of the most royal clans since 9C Gija Joseon. In the Silla Dynasty, all of the Cheongju Hans were considered seonggol, or "sacred bone", the highest rank, received the most generals of the prominent Joseon Dynasty and were considered the highest of the yangban class next to the Jeonju Lee clan. The Han are descendants of the hero Gija, who was a king of Shang Dynasty which is the kingdom of ancient China, and rode his white horse and set a nation in "The Farthest East". Their founder was Han Ran, who was the Gija Joseon's last emperor. The nobles with the surname Han were greatly praised, and not to be bothered.
  Cheongju Han clan is well known for a long tradition of the women members of royal consorts produced the largest number of 16 queens in Korean history. Goryeo and Joseon dynasty's first queen were produced by the Chonegu Han. In Joseon Dynasty, queen Insu was the first woman author in Korean history, she wrote a book Naehun which was Confucian morality guidebook for women.
context_section_description: Han Duck-soo, prime minister of South Korea
  Han Myeong-sook, prime minister of South Korea (as the first female)
  Han Min-goo, minister of National Defense of South Korea
  Han Kang, novelist
  Han Sung-joo, minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea
  Han Seung-soo, prime minister of South Korea
  Han Terra, kayageum virtuoso
caption: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009 - Centered Han Seung-Soo, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea; Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International; Kgalema Motlanthe, President of South Africa; Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico in Davos, Switzerland.
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