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Lee Tae-bok

South Korean politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ12612972 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lee Tae-bok (Korean: 이태복; 11 December 1950 – 3 December 2021) was a South Korean politician. He served as Minister of Health and Welfare from January to July 2002.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Lee Tae-bok” as south Korean politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Tae-bok, South and Korean.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1950, 2021, 2002—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1950. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Tae-bok, South and Korean providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Lee Tae-bok”, the useful work is to connect “south Korean politician” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q12612972. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1950, 2021 and 2002.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Lee Tae-bok”, its source revision and the description used here.
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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This entry incorporates text from “Lee Tae-bok” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.