Amb. Tae-Kyu Han (retired) was elected as Chairman of the Korean Council on Foreign Relations and assumed his duty on 1 January 2017. He has served as president of the Jeju Peace Institute for four years since October 2008, when he retired from the foreign service. He graduated from Seoul National University (BA in Law, 1967-1971), studied the Foreign Service Course at Oxford University (1972-1973), and began his career as a diplomat in 1971.
He held positions mainly in foreign and security affairs; Chancellor of the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security(IFANS)(2004-2006), Chairman of Foreign and National Security Affairs Sub-committee of the Presidential Committee on Northeast Asian Cooperation Initiatives as an additional post during the period, and Deputy Secretary-General of the National Security Council (1999-2001).
He served as Secretary of Political Affairs at Korean Embassy in US (1980-1982), Director of Security Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(1985-1987), Counselor of Korean Embassy in United Kingdom(1987-1989), Advisor to Foreign Minister(1990-1991), Minister of Korean Embassy in Canada (1991-1994), Director-General for European Affairs(1995-1996), Ambassador Advisor for International Relations in Daejeon Metropolitan City(1996-1997) before being appointed as Ambassador to Bangladesh(1997-1999), Greece(2001-2004), Thailand (2006-2008).
His publication is 'The Road to Athens' (2004).