Speaker
PARK Heung Shin
Affliation
Kim & Chang
Title
Senior Advisor, Former Ambassador to France
Session

Biography


학력 ________________________________________

서울대학교 외교학과 (1976)
프랑스 국립행정학교 (Ecole Nationale d’Administration) 수료 (1987)

경력 ________________________________________

제10회 외무고시 합격 (1976)
외무부 입부 (1977)
주벨기에2등서기관 (1982-1985)
주모리타니아1등서기관 (1987-1990)
주미국1등서기관 (1990-1993)
문화협력과장 (1993-1994)
환경기구과장 (1994-1995)
주케냐참사관 (1995-1997)
대통령비서실 파견 (1997-1998)
미주연구부 연구관 (1998-1999)
기획관리실 제2기획심의관 (1999-2000)
주캐나다공사 (2000-2003)
문화외교국장 (2003-2005)
주핀란드대사 (2005-2008)
전라북도국제관계자문대사 (2008-2009)
주프랑스대사 (2009-2012)
김·장 법률사무소 (2013-현재)

수상내역 ________________________________________

핀란드 일등급 사자훈장 (2008)
황조근정훈장 (2011)
프랑스 공로훈장 (2012)

언어 ________________________________________

한국어, 영어, 프랑스어


Heung Shin Park is a senior advisor at Kim & Chang. He joined Kim & Chang in 2013 after 36 years of diplomatic service with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, including Ambassador to France from 2009 to 2012.

After passing the High Diplomatic Service Examination in 1976, he started his foreign service in Brussels in 1982 as a young diplomat and studied at ENA (Ecole Nationale d’Administration) in France. He returned to Europe as Ambassador to Finland(2005-2008) and then to France, thus accumulating vast experience on European affairs. During his service as Ambassador to France, he successfully negotiated for the return of ‘Royal Manuscripts’ of Josun Dynasty in 2011, putting an end to a long diplomatic wrangling between Korea and France.

Mr. Park served as the director of international environmental organizations and then counsellor of the Korean Embassy to Kenya, where he dealt with various global environmental issues. He also served in the Korean embassies in the United States and Canada as First Secretary and Minister respectively.

On his return from Canada in 2003, Mr.Park was appointed Director General for Cultural Cooperation and oversaw cultural exchanges and cooperation with other countries for two years.

Mr.Park graduated from Seoul National University in 1976 and studied at ENA in Paris. He was awarded the Order of the Lion of Finland in 2008 from Finland and Grand Officier de l’Ordre national du Merite in 2012 from France. He was also awarded the Order of Service Merite, Yellow Stripes in 2011 from Korean government.

Education ________________________________________

Ecole Nationale d’Administration, France (1987)
Department of International Relations, Seoul National University (1976)

Experience ________________________________________

Kim & Chang (2013.1.-Present)
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the French Republic (2009-2012)
Ambassador, Special Advisor on Foreign Relations to the Governer of Jeollabuk-do Province (2008-2009)
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Finland (2005-2008)
Director-General, Cultural Affairs Bureau, MOFAT (2003-2005)
Minister, Korean Embassy in Canada (2000-2003)
Senior Coordinator for Administrative Planning and Management, Office of Planning and Management, MOFAT (1999-2000)
Senior Research Office, Department of America Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, MOFAT (1998-1999)
Assistant Secretary, Office of the President (1997-1998)
Counsellor, Korean Embassy in the Republic of Kenya(1995-1997)
Director, International Environment Organizations Division, MOFA (1994-1995)
Direnctor, Cultural Affairs Division, MOFA (1994-1995)
Director, Cultural Affairs Division I, MOFA (1993-1994)
First Secretary, Korean Embassy in the United States of America (1990-1993)
First Secretary, Korean Embassy in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (1987-1990)
Second Secretary, Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Belgium (1982-1985)
Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MOFA (1977)
Passed the High Diplomatic Service Examination (1976)

Awards ________________________________________

Commander, First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland (2008.5)
Order of Service Merit, Yellow Stripes (2011)
Grand Officier de l’Ordre national du Merite (2012)

Languages ________________________________________

Korean , English and French