Biography
이혜민 대사는 현재 김장 법률사무소 고문이며 서울대 국제대학원 겸임교수로재직중이다. 이 대사는 1980년 외무고시 14회로 외교부에 입부한 이후 본부(경제국, 통상국) 및 재외공관(주EU대표부, 주미국대사관, 주인도네시아대사관, 주OECD대표부)에서 계속 경제통상업무를 담당하였으며, 한미FTA기획단장(2006-2008)으로 한미FTA 협상 및 타결에 핵심적 역할을 하였다. 2008년에는 외교통상부 자유무역협정(FTA)교섭대표로 임명되어 한-EU FTA 수석대표를 맡아 2009년 한-EU FTA 협상을 타결하였다. 이후 주필리핀대사(2010-2012), 주프랑스대사(2012-2015)를 역임하였으며 2015년에 G20셰르파(Sherpa) 및 G20국제협력대사로 임명되어 2015년 터키 안탈리아, 2016년 중국 항저우, 2017년 독일 함부르크 G20정상회의 등 3번의 G20 정상회의 선언문 채택에 기여하였다. 또한 2015.7월부터 2017.10월까지 대외경제정책연구원(KIEP)특임위원(Distinguished Fellow)으로도 활동한 바 있다. 이 대사는 서울대 영문과 졸업 후 서울대 및 프랑스 파리1대학에서 각각 법학 석사 및 경제학 박사학위를 받았다.
Amb. Hye Min LEE was G20 Sherpa and Ambassador for International Economic Affairs from March 2015 to Oct. 2017. As Sherpa of the President of Korea, he participated in 3 consecutive G20 Summits(Antalya Turkey 2015, Hangzhou China 2016, Hamburg Germany 2017) and contributed to producing G20 leaders communiqué. From July 2015, he concurrently served as Distinguished Fellow of the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy(KIEP).
Previously, he served as the Ambassador to France (2012-15) and to the Republic of the Philippines (2010-12). During his term as Deputy Trade Minister and Chief FTA Negotiator (2008-10), he negotiated and concluded the Korea-EU Free Trade Agreement as Korea’s Chief Negotiator. He also contributed to the successful conclusion of the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement negotiations as Deputy Chief Negotiator and Director General for the KOREA-US FTA (2006-08) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
After joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1980, he served in the Korean Mission to the European Community, the Korean Embassy in the United States as well as in Indonesia and in the Korean Delegation to the OECD.
Amb. LEE graduated from the Department of English Literature of Seoul National University, and received his M.A. in Law from Seoul National University and Ph. D in Economics from University Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) in France.
Amb. Hye Min LEE was G20 Sherpa and Ambassador for International Economic Affairs from March 2015 to Oct. 2017. As Sherpa of the President of Korea, he participated in 3 consecutive G20 Summits(Antalya Turkey 2015, Hangzhou China 2016, Hamburg Germany 2017) and contributed to producing G20 leaders communiqué. From July 2015, he concurrently served as Distinguished Fellow of the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy(KIEP).
Previously, he served as the Ambassador to France (2012-15) and to the Republic of the Philippines (2010-12). During his term as Deputy Trade Minister and Chief FTA Negotiator (2008-10), he negotiated and concluded the Korea-EU Free Trade Agreement as Korea’s Chief Negotiator. He also contributed to the successful conclusion of the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement negotiations as Deputy Chief Negotiator and Director General for the KOREA-US FTA (2006-08) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
After joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1980, he served in the Korean Mission to the European Community, the Korean Embassy in the United States as well as in Indonesia and in the Korean Delegation to the OECD.
Amb. LEE graduated from the Department of English Literature of Seoul National University, and received his M.A. in Law from Seoul National University and Ph. D in Economics from University Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) in France.
