Kim Hong Kyun

• Position

  1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs

• Education

  • May. 1988 M.A. in Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, VA, U.S.A.
  • Feb. 1984 B.A. in English Language and Literature, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

• Career

  • Jan. 2024 1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Oct. 2022 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Mar. 2022 Senior Staff, Subcommittee on Foreign and National Security, The 20th Presidential Transition Committee
  • Sep. 2019 Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Dong-a University, Busan, Korea
    ※ Aug. 2022, Retirement
  • Feb. 2016 Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, MOFA
    ※ Sep. 2017, Retirement
  • Mar. 2015 Deputy Minister for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
  • Jan. 2014 Secretary to the President for Policy Coordination and Deputy Secretary-General of NSC Secretariat, Office of National Security
  • Mar. 2013 Secretary to the President for International Policy Cooperation, Office of the President
  • Jan. 2013 Secondment to the Presidential Transition Committee
  • Feb. 2012 Visiting Fellow, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, U.S.A.
  • Dec. 2009 Director-General for Korean Peninsula Peace Regime, MOFAT
  • Jan. 2008 Minister-Counsellor, Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Belgium and Korean Mission to the European Union
  • Dec. 2006 Senior Assistant Secretary, Office of the President
  • Jul. 2006 Senior Coordinator for ROK-US Security Cooperation, MOFAT
  • Dec. 2005 Aide to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, MOFAT
  • Dec. 2003 Counsellor, Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Thailand
  • Feb. 2003 Director, North America Division Ⅱ, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT)
  • Feb. 2002 Assistant Secretary, Office of the President
  • Dec. 1997 First Secretary, Korean Permanent Mission to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland
  • Nov. 1992 First Secretary, Korean Embassy in the Republic of Senegal
  • Jan. 1990 Second Secretary, Korean Embassy in the United States of America
  • Jul. 1984 Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
  • May. 1984 Passed High Diplomatic Service Examination

• Award

  • Jun. 2018 Order of Service Merit (Yellow Stripes)
  • Oct. 2005 Presidential Citation