Park Jin
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12 May 2022 – 10 January 2024
30 May 2020 – 29 May 2024
9 August 2002 – 29 May 2012
Seoul, South Korea
Harvard University (MPA)
University of Oxford (DPhil)
New York University (LLM)
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Park Jin CBE[1] (Korean: 박진; born 16 September 1956) is a South Korean diplomat and politician. He is a four-term member of the National Assembly and served as the 40th Foreign Minister.
Biography
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Park passed the 11th Foreign Affairs Examination in 1977 and served as a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (South Korea) Officer in 1978. From 1980 to 1983, he served as a naval officer through a course of naval cadets. He was selected for the seventh term of state-funded international studies in 1983 and earned a master's degree in public administration at Harvard Kennedy School in 1985 and a Ph.D. in political science at Oxford University in 1993.
Since 1993, he has served as an overseas press secretary and political secretary at the presidential secretariat of the Kim Young-sam administration. Since 2002, he has served as the 16th and 17th lawmakers of Jongno-gu, Seoul, and served as the chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee, taking the lead in ratifying the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement and passing the North Korean Human Rights Act.
In 2008, he visited the U.S. as the head of the Korea-U.S. Congressional Diplomatic Association and met Joe Biden, then chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
In 2020, he moved to Gangnam-gu B, Seoul, and was elected to the 21st National Assembly (South Korea). In May 2022, he was appointed Foreign Minister of the Yoon Suk-yeol government.
Career
- May 2022 Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Apr. 2022 Head of the ROK-US Policy Consultation Delegation, 20th Presidential Transition Committee
- Jan. 2022 – Mar. 2022 Chairman of the Global Vision Committee, 20th Presidential Election Headquarters, People Power Party (South Korea)
- Sep. 2020 – Co- President of the Parliamentary Diplomacy Forum on the United States, 21st National Assembly (South Korea)
- Jul. 2020 – Co- Chairman of the Future Policy Research Association, 21st National Assembly (South Korea)
- Jul. 2020 – Chairman of the Global Diplomacy and Security Forum, 21st National Assembly (South Korea)
- Jul. 2020 Member, Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, 21st National Assembly (South Korea)
- Jun. 2020 Chairman of the Special Committee on Diplomacy & Security, People Power Party (South Korea)
- May 2020 – Member of the 21st National Assembly (South Korea) (Gangnam 2nd District)
- Feb. 2017 – Feb. 2020 Chairman, Korea-America Association
- 2014 – Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- Mar. 2013 – May 2020 Endowed Chair Professor, Graduate School of International and Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
- Aug. 2008 – Aug. 2010 Chairman, Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Unification Committee, 18th National Assembly (South Korea)
- May 2008 – May 2012 Member of the 18th National Assembly (South Korea) (Jongno District)
- Dec. 2007 – Feb. 2008 Head of the Foreign Affairs, Unification, and Security Subcommittee,17th Presidential Transition Committee
- Sep. 2007 – Jun. 2008 Chairman of the International Committee, Grand National Party
- Jul. 2004 – Feb. 2005 Chairman of the International Committee, Grand National Party
- May 2004 – May 2008 Member of the 17th National Assembly (South Korea) (Jongno District)
- 2004–2017 President, Korea Britain Society
- Aug. 2002 – May 2004 Member of the 16th National Assembly (South Korea) (Jongno District)
- Mar. 1999 – Feb. 2002 Research Professor, Institute of East and West Studies, Yonsei University
- Jul. 1996 – Mar. 1998 Presidential Secretary for Political Affairs, Office of the President
- May 1993 – Jul. 1996 Presidential Press Secretary, Office of the President
- 1990–1993 Lecturer in Politics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- 1989–1990 MacArthur Foundation Fellow, King's College London
- 1987–1988 Japan Foundation Fellow, University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus
- Nov. 1977 – Mar. 1978 Ministry of Foreign Affairs (South Korea)
- Aug. 1977 – Passed the Foreign Service Examination
References
- ^ "JIN PARK". Wilson Center. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
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National Assembly of the Republic of Korea | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the National Assembly from Jongno, Seoul 2002–2012 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Member of the National Assembly from Gangnam B, Seoul 2020–present | Incumbent |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs 2022–2024 | Succeeded by |