JUNGHOON SEOK, the president of the Korea Institute of Registered Architects(KIRA), was born in Seoul in 1956 and graduated from Yonsei University's Department of Architectural Engineering (Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree). He served as the president of the Seoul Institute of Registered Architects(SIRA) in 2015. He served as the vice president of KIRA and chairman of the organizing committee of the 2017 Seoul World Architects Federation for Internationale des Architectes(UIA). In 2018, he was inaugurated as the president of the KIRA, and he succeeded in serving a second term for the first time in the 55-year history of KIRA. He is currently the CEO of the Tae Architectural Design and Architecture Office.