Ambassador Ki-chang Kwon was a career diplomat. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1990 through the 24th High Foreign Service Exam. He served as second secretary of the Korean Mission in Geneva. Since then he served in the Korean Embassies in Tanzania, the United States, and Indonesia. He served as the Korean ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Most recently, he served as the Korean ambassador to Ukraine. He returned to Korea in June 2021 and retired from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After he joined the MOFA, he studied at the Graduate School of International Relations of the University of California in San Diego from 1992~1994.