Chung Eui-yong

Chung Eui-yong (Korean: 정의용; Hanja: 鄭義溶; born 14 April 1946) is a South Korean diplomat and a politician currently serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Moon Jae-in from February 2021 after serving as his first Director of National Security from 2017 to 2020.[1][2]

Chung Eui-yong
정의용
Chung in 2018
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assuming office
9 February 2021
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterChung Sye-kyun
SucceedingKang Kyung-wha
Special Advisor to the President on Foreign Affairs, Diplomacy and National Security
In office
3 July 2020 – 20 January 2021
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Succeeded byKim Hyun-jong
Director of the National Security Office
In office
20 May 2017 – 2 July 2020
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Preceded byKim Kwan-jin
Succeeded bySuh Hoon
Personal details
Born (1946-04-14) 14 April 1946
Alma materSeoul National University
Harvard University
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJeong Uiyong
McCune–ReischauerChŏng Ŭiyong
In this Korean name, the family name is Chung.

Career
Chung Eui-yong (left) and Kim Jong-un

A 1968 graduate of Seoul National University, Chung joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1971. He subsequently served as Korean Ambassador to Israel (1997–1998), Deputy Minister for Trade (1998–2001), and as Korean Ambassador to the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the UN Secretariat and International Organizations in Geneva (2001–2004). He was returned to the 17th National Assembly in the 2004 elections as a proportional representative for the Uri Party. In the National Assembly, he was a member of the Special Committee on United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement. He then became Secretary-General of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties. On 20 May 2017, newly-inaugurated president Moon Jae-in appointed him as the ministerial-level Director of the National Security Office.[3][4] In July 2020, Chung was replaced by Suh Hoon and reshuffled to President Moon's Special Advisor on Foreign Affairs, Diplomacy and National Security.[5]

Political activity

In March 2018, as South Korea's Special Envoy to North Korea, Chung Eui-yong visited Pyongyang to discuss the required steps to denuclearise North Korea.[6] He then flew to the United States for a meeting with President Donald Trump and to announce the Trump-Kim summit.[7]

External video
Chung Eui-Yong announcing that U.S. President Donald Trump had agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, March 8, 2018, C-SPAN

On November 4, 2019, at a waiting room on the sidelines of the ASEAN Plus 3 (Japan, China, and South Korea) summit held near Bangkok, when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talked with South Korean President Moon Jae-in for 11 minute, Chung Eui-yong took photos, and they were published without the approval of the Japanese side.[8] Chung had been in charge of bilateral intelligence-sharing agreement, the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA), with Japan.[9]

See also

References
  1. Song, Sang-ho (2021-02-08). "FM Kang leaves office after years of daunting diplomatic tasks". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  2. Ahn, Sung-mi (2021-02-08). "Moon appoints new foreign minister". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  3. Ha, Mathew (23 May 2017). "Impact Player: Chung Eui-yong". Center for Strategic and International Studies. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. "[프로필] 정의용, 외교관 출신의 靑국가안보실장...다자외교 통상전문가". The Chosun Ilbo. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  5. "Moon names new spy chief, unification minister, national security advisor". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  6. http://english.donga.com/Home/3/all/26/1240505/1 | title= Seoul to send special delegation to Pyongyang next week
  7. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/world/asia/transcript-south-korea-nuclear-trump.html title=Seeking ‘Peaceful Resolution’: Transcript of South Korean Adviser’s Remarks
  8. Takao Harakawa (November 11, 2019). "Japanese Officials Irked by South Korea's 'Photo Ambush' of Prime Minister Abe at ASEAN Meeting". Japan Forward. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  9. "Top South Korean official accuses Japan of distorting facts in intel-pact negotiations". Kyodo News. November 24, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
Political offices
Preceded by
Kim Kwan-jin		 Director of National Security Office
2017–2020		 Succeeded by
Suh Hoon
Preceded by
Kang Kyung-wha		 Minister of Foreign Affairs
2021–present		 Incumbent
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