Park Jin

박진40th Minister of Foreign AffairsIn office
12 May 2022 – 10 January 2024PresidentYoon Suk YeolPrime MinisterHan Duck-sooPreceded byChung Eui-yongSucceeded byCho Tae-yulMember of the National AssemblyAssumed office
30 May 2020Preceded byJeon Hyun-heeConstituencyGangnam BIn office
9 August 2002 – 29 May 2012Preceded byRoh Moo-hyun
Chung In-bongSucceeded byChung Sye-kyunConstituencyJongno Personal detailsBorn (1956-09-16) 16 September 1956 (age 67)
Seoul, South KoreaPolitical partyPeople Power PartyAlma materSeoul National University (LLB)
Harvard University (MPA)
University of Oxford (DPhil)
New York University (LLM)Military serviceAllegiance Republic of KoreaBranch/service Republic of Korea NavyYears of service1980–1983Rank Lieutenant JG (Korean: Jungwi)Korean nameHangulHanjaRevised RomanizationBak JinMcCune–ReischauerPak Chin

Park Jin CBE^[1] (Korean: 박진; born 16 September 1956) is a South Korean diplomat and politician. He is currently a 4-term member of the National Assembly and served as the 40th Foreign Minister.

Biography

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 United States as the head of the Korea-U.S. Congressional Diplomatic Association and met Joe Biden, the chairman 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

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National Assembly of the Republic of Korea
Preceded by Roh Moo-hyun Chung In-bong	Member of the National Assembly from Jongno, Seoul 2002–2012	Succeeded by Chung Sye-kyun
Preceded by Jeon Hyun-hee	Member of the National Assembly from Gangnam B, Seoul 2020–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Chung Eui-yong	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2022–2024	Succeeded by Cho Tae-yul