Cho Tae-yul

South Korean Foreign Minister (born 1955)
조태열
Cho in 2024
41st Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 January 2024PresidentYoon Suk YeolPrime MinisterHan Duck-sooPreceded byPark Jin Personal detailsBorn (1955-11-09) 9 November 1955 (age 68)
Yeongyang, North GyeongsangPolitical partyIndependentParent
  • Cho Chi-hun (father)
Alma materSeoul National UniversityKorean nameHangul
조태열
Hanja
趙兌烈
Revised RomanizationJo TaeyeolMcCune–ReischauerCho T'aeyŏl

Cho Tae-yul (Korean: 조태열; born 10 November 1955) is a South Korean diplomat. He is the 41st Foreign Minister.[1]

Career

Since starting his career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1979, Cho has gained a lot of experience on the international stage. He served as the South Korean ambassador to the United Nations (2016–2019) and the second vice foreign minister (2013–2016) during the Park Geun Hye government. He also served as the chairman of the World Trade Organization Dispute Committee and the chairman of the Geneva Government Procurement Committee.[1]

Foreign Minister

On December 19, 2023, President Yoon Suk Yeol appointed Cho Tae-yul as the nominee for Foreign Minister to succeed former Minister Park Jin.[1]

China

Mr. Cho and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a telephone conversation in February 2024 to discuss issues of mutual interest, including a wide range of aspects of bilateral relations, such as high-level exchanges and supply chain cooperation.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Impact Player: Cho Tae-yul". CSIS. December 20, 2023.
  2. ^ "China invites S. Korean top diplomat, calls for 'positive, objective' policy". The Korea Herald. February 7, 2024.
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