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Choe Myeong-gil 최명길 | |
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| Chief State Councillor | |
| In office August 27, 1642 – December 8, 1642 | |
| Preceded by | Yi Seong-gu |
| Succeeded by | Sin Gyeong-jin |
| In office 1638 – February 6, 1640 | |
| Preceded by | Yi Hong-ju |
| Succeeded by | Hong Seo-bong |
| Left State Councillor | |
| In office August 26, 1637 – October 19, 1638 | |
| Preceded by | Yi Seong-gu |
| Succeeded by | Sin Gyeong-jin |
| Right State Councillor | |
| In office May 3, 1637 – 1637 | |
| Monarch | King Injo of Joseon |
| Preceded by | Yi Seong-gu |
| Succeeded by | Jang Yu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 7, 1586 Joseon |
| Died | June 19, 1647 (aged 60) Joseon |
| Political party | Westerners (Seo-in) |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Jang of the Indong Jang clan Lady Heo of the Yangcheon Heo clan |
| Children | Choe Hu-sang (son) Lady Choe (daughter) Choe Hu-ryang (adopted son) |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 최명길 |
| Hanja | 崔鳴吉 |
| Revised Romanization | Choe Myeonggil |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Myŏnggil |
| Art name | |
| Hangul | 지천, 창랑 |
| Hanja | 遲川, 滄浪 |
| Revised Romanization | Jicheon, Changrang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chich'ŏn, Ch'angnang |
| Courtesy name | |
| Hangul | 자겸 |
| Hanja | 子謙 |
| Revised Romanization | Jagyeom |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chagyŏm |
| Posthumous name | |
| Hangul | 문충 |
| Hanja | 文忠 |
| Revised Romanization | Munchung |
| McCune–Reischauer | Munch'ung |
| Korean Royal Title | |
| Hangul | 완성군, later 완성부원군 |
| Hanja | 完城君, later 完城府院君 |
| Revised Romanization | Wanseong-gun,[1] later Wanseong Buwongun[2] |
| McCune–Reischauer | Wansŏng-gun, later Wansŏng Puwŏn'gun |
Choe Myeong-gil (Korean: 최명길; Hanja: 崔鳴吉; 7 October 1586 – June 19, 1647[3]) was a Korean Joseon politician and Neo-Confucian scholar of the Yangmingist school who came from the Jeonju Choe clan. He served as the Joseon Chief State Councilor from 1638 to 1640 and 1642 to 1644.