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Samsung has not named a replacement for Lee Kun-hee, its chairman, but said yesterday Lee Soo-bin would be its representative for “external relations”, writes Woo Jae-yeon.

Lee Soo-bin has been a staunch “Samsung man” for more than 40 years since he entered Cheil Jedang (now CJ Corp), a food-processing Samsung affiliate, in 1965.

The 69-year-old has served in the top job at several Samsung affiliates, including Samsung Techwin, CJ and, most recently, Samsung Life Insurance.

He served as Lee Kun-hee’s chief of staff in 1991 and has worked as chairman of Samsung Life Insurance since 1995.

He briefly filled Lee Kun-hee’s role when the latter left for the US for a medical check-up.