Cho Hyun-ok

Cho Hyun-ok (Korean: 조현옥; Hanja: 趙顯玉; born 21 September 1956), also known as Cho Hyun-ock,[1] is a South Korean politician previously served as President Moon Jae-in's first Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs - the first woman to assume such post - [2] and currently serving as his ambassador to Germany from 2020.[3]

Cho Hyun-ok
조현옥
South Korean Ambassador to Germany
Assumed office
5 November 2020
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Preceded byChung Beom-koo
Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs
In office
11 May 2017 – 28 May 2019
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Succeeded byKim Oe-sook
Personal details
Born (1956-09-21) 21 September 1956
Seoul, South Korea
Alma materEwha Womans University
Heidelberg University
In this Korean name, the family name is Cho.

After working at research institutes and civil societies, Cho joined the office of Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs under then-President Roh Moo-hyun. She later joined Park Won-soon-led Seoul Metropolitan Government as its director of Women and Family Policy Affairs Office.[4]

Cho previously worked with Moon at his 2017 presidential campaign as its vice chair of gender equality committee.[4] After serving as his first Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs from 2017 to 2019, Cho was appointed as his second ambassador to Germany in November 2020.[5][6]

Cho holds three degrees in politics - a bachelor and a master's from Ewha Womans University and a doctorate from Heidelberg University.[7]

Awards

References
  1. "Grußwort des BotschaftersBotschaft der Republik Korea in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland". overseas.mofa.go.kr. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  2. "'헌정사상 첫 여성 인사수석' 조현옥 이화여대 교수는 누구?". hankyung.com (in Korean). 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  3. 황석주 (2020-12-08). "New S. Korean envoy in Germany". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  4. 나병현 (2018-12-05). "[Who Is ?] 조현옥 전 청와대 인사수석". [Who Is ?] 조현옥 전 청와대 인사수석. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  5. "스위스대사에 '朴의 나쁜 사람' 노태강… 독일대사 조현옥". news.kmib.co.kr (in Korean). 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  6. 남상현 (2020-11-10). "New ambassador to Germany". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  7. "조현옥 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  8. 김은진 (2015-05-11). "서울시, 여성안전정책 UN공공행정상 대상 수상". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-07-05.


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