● EDUCATION
Feb. 1987 B.A. in International Relations, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Feb. 1990 M.A. in International Relations, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Jun. 2000 Mid-Career Master in Public Administration, Harvard Kennedy School, M.A., U.S.A.


● CAREER
Feb. 1990 Joined The Chosun Ilbo(Daily News Paper), The Monthly Chosun
Jul. 2001 Correspondent, Washington Bureau of The Chosun Ilbo
Apr. 2006 Deputy Head, National and Politics Department of The Chosun Ilbo
Feb. 2011 Editor, World News Desk of The Chosun Ilbo
Jan. 2014 Editor, Weekend Section of The Chosun Ilbo
Oct. 2015 Member of the Editorial Board of The Chosun Ilbo
Nov. 2016 Bureau Chief for Washington, D.C. of The Chosun Ilbo
Apr. 2021 Deputy Managing Editor for Digital Content and Diplomacy of The Chosun Ilbo
Mar. 2022 Spokesperson for Foreign Press to the President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol
May 2022 Spokesperson to the President Yoon Suk Yeol
Sep. 2022 Secretary to the President Yoon Suk Yeol for International Public Relations
Jan. 2024 2nd Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs












Jun. 1988 Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
Dec. 1997 First Secretary, Korean Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, U.S.A.
Jun. 2000 Consul, Korean Consulate General in Fukuoka, Japan
Dec. 2005 Director, United Nations Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT)

● EDUCATION
Feb.1983 Graduate from Shinsung Girls’ High School
Feb.2002 Major in Public Administration at Korea National Open University
Feb.2005 Graduate with Master’s Degree in Public Administration at Jeju National University

● CAREER
Jul 2017 ~ Jan. 2018 Director of Social Education Dept Human Resource Development Institute (of Jeju Government)
Aug 2019 ~ Jan. 2021 Director of General Affairs Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Council
Jan 2022 ~ Jan. 2023 Director General of Tourism Bureau Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
Jan 2023 ~ Jan. 2024 Secretary General Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Council
Mar 29. 2024. ~ Present Lt. Governor for Political Affairs Jeju Special Self-Governing Province.

Sung-Hwan Kim was a career diplomat and served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea from October 2010 to March 2013. With a career spanning over 36 years, he held a number of senior diplomatic posts including the Senior Secretary to the President for Foreign Affairs and National Security and Vice Minister of MOFAT. He was ROK's ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna and the ROK's Ambassador to Uzbekistan. He was appointed as a Member of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda in July, 2010.

After retiring from the Foreign Service, he served as the Chair of Institute for Global Social Responsibility and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Seoul National University until March 2015. He also taught at Hanyang University as a Distinguished Professor and served as the Chairman of the Gangwon Art and Culture Foundation.

He is now the Chairman of the East Asia Foundation in Seoul and President of the Taejae Future Consensus Institute(TFCI). He also serves as a board member of the International Peace Foundation in Jeju.

Education

Chung-ang University, School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sc.D. (Sep 1987 ? Feb 1991)
Chung-ang University, School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, M.S. (Mar 1985 ? Feb 1987)
Chung-ang University, School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, B.S. (Mar 1981 ? Feb 1985)

Major Career Experiences

-The 11th Jeju National University President (Mar 2022 ~ Present)
-Vice-president for Inter-institutional Relations for the Korean Institute of Power Electronics (Jan 2020 ~ Dec 2020)
-Advisory Committee member for the WISE Program Jeju Center (Mar 2019 ~Feb 2021)
-Dean of the College of Engineering, Jeju National University (Mar 2019 ~ Feb 2021)
-Chairperson for the Commonization Fund Management Committee of the Jeju Special Self Governing Province (Mar 2017 ~ Nov 2017)
-Member of the Jeju National University Council (April 2017 ~April 2017)
-Director of the Research Center for Electric Energy, Jeju National University (Mar 2017 ~Feb 2019)
-Director of the Jeju Techno Park (Oct 2013 ~ Aug 2016)
-Director of the Office of Information Systems and Services (Feb 2012 ~ Sep 2013)
-Head of the Research Institute of Advanced Technology, Jeju National University (Mar 2011 ~ Feb 2012)
-Chairperson of the Energy Committee of the Jeju Special Self Governing Province (Jan 2011 ~ Jan 2013)
-Guest researcher at the Washington State University (Feb 2004 ~Feb 2005)
-Post Doc. scholar at the Ohio State University (July 1995 ~Aug 1996)
-Professor of Electrical Engineering at the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Mar 1991 ~ present)

● DATE OF BIRTH
April 2, 1961

● EDUCATION
Aug.1988 B.A. in German Language and Literature, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
May.1993 Studied in Graduate School of Public Administration, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.

● CAREER
Apr.1989 Passed High Diplomatic Service Examination
Jun.2006 Counsellor, Korean Embassy in Japan
Feb.2009 Secondment to the Office of the President
Feb.2010 Director, Japan Division, Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT)
Jan.2011 Minister-Counsellor, Korean Embassy in the Commonwealth of Australia
Apr.2013 Senior Assistant Secretary, Office of the President
Feb.2014 High-level National Security Program, Korea National Defense University, Seoul, Korea
Mar.2015 Director-General for South Asian and Pacific Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
Oct.2016 Consul-General, Korean Consulate General in Honolulu, U.S.A.
May.2019 Representative, Korean Mission in Taipei, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)

● FAMILY
Married with two sons

Education

1974. Graduated Namju Highschool
1981. BA Science of public administration in Jeju National University
1983. MA Science of public administration in Seoul National University
1991. PhD Science of public administration in KonKuk University

Work Experience

'87.03.~'20. 08.
Professor at Jeju National University
Dept. Science of public administration
'13. 09.~'15. 09.
Director at Presidential Committee on Local Self-Developement Local Police Task Force
'13. 02.~'14. 02.
Chairman of Korean Association for Local Government Studies
'05. 09.~'06. 11.
Non-executive Director at Jeju International City Developement Center (JDC)
'05. 08.~'06. 08.
Member of Promotion Committee at Prime Minister’s Office for Jeju Self-Governing Province

Jihang Park graduated from the Department of Western History at Seoul National University and received her Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. As a historian specializing in British history, she lectured at Pratt Institute in New York and Inha University and served as a professor at SNU from 1992 to 2018. She held research positions at the University of Tokyo, Japan, and the University of Cambridge, Great Britain. She served as president of the British Historical Association of Korea, director of the Seoul National University Library, member of the National Institute of Korean History, and member of the Presidential Special Committee on Humanities and Culture. Her publications are prolific, including British History-The Drama of Conservatism and Reform, Imperialism, Tragic Ireland, The Road to Modernity, From Equality to Fairness, and Winston Churchill, Walking with Destiny.

● EDUCATION
Feb. 1981 LL.B., Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
May 1990 LL.M., University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Diploma for International Law, University of Cambridge

● CAREER
Apr. 1983 Passed High Diplomatic Service Examination
Jun. 1983 Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Northeast Asia Division (Japan Affairs)
Dec. 1991 Second Secretary, Korean Permanent Mission to the UN Office and International Organizations in Geneva,
Switzerland
Dec. 1994 First Secretary, Korean Embassy in the Sultanate of Oman
Mar. 1997 Director, North Korean Refuge Support Division, Humanitarian Assistance Bureau, Ministry of National
Unification
Mar. 1998 Coordinator, ASEM Vision Group
Feb. 2000 Director, Emerging Markets Division, Bilateral Trade Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
(MOFAT)
Jun. 2001 Counsellor, Korean Embassy in the Russian Federation
Jun. 2004 Counsellor, Korean Embassy in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Feb. 2007 Director, Trade Dispute Settlement Division, FTA Policy Bureau, MOFAT
Aug. 2007 Head of the Task Force for Hosting 2012 Yeosu International Exposition
Feb. 2009 Deputy Director-General, FTA Policy Bureau, MOFAT
Jul. 2009 Director-General for Multilateral Trade, MOFAT
Aug. 2011 Minister, Korean Embassy in the United States of America
Apr. 2015 Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in New York
Jan. 2018 Retired from Foreign Service
Sep. 2022 President, the Korea Foundation

● CURRENT ACTIVITIES
Mar. 2022 Advisory Member to Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Economic Security and Foreign Affairs
Mar. 2022 Advisory Member to Citizen’s Alliance for North Korean Human Rights (NKHR)
Jul. 2010 Chairman, SOON Scholarship Foundation

● AWARDS
Feb. 2008 Service Merit Medal
Jun. 2018 Order of Service Merit (Red Stripes)

Education

- Feb. 1985 B.A. in Political Science and International Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
- Feb. 1990 M.A. in Public Administration, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
- Sep. 1994 M.A. in Politics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, U.S.A.
- Feb. 2017 Ph.D. in Public Administration, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea

Career

- Apr. 1987 Passed High Diplomatic Service Examination
- Jun. 1987 Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
- Dec. 1995 First Secretary, Korean Embassy in the United States of America
- Dec. 1998 First Secretary, Korean Embassy in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Dec. 2003 Director, North American Trade Division, Bilateral Trade Bureau (MOFAT)
- Jun. 2005 Counsellor, Korean Permanent Mission to the UN Secretariat and International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland
- Apr. 2008 Minister-Counsellor, Korean Embassy in the Republic of Yemen
- Jan. 2010 Secondment to the Presidential Committee for the G20 Seoul Summit
- Oct. 2011 Deputy Director-General for Multilateral Trade Bureau (MOFAT)
- Mar. 2013 Secondment to the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy
- Oct. 2013 Director-General for Multilateral Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
- Aug. 2015 Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
- Feb. 2017 Minister, Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Belgium and Korean Mission to the European Union
- Nov. 2018 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Slovak Republic
- Dec. 2021 Consul-General, Korean Consulate General in New York, U.S.A.