Chung Eui-yong | |
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정의용 | |
![]() Chung in 2018 | |
37th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 9 February 2021 – 12 May 2022 | |
President | Moon Jae-in |
Prime Minister | Chung Sye-kyun Kim Boo-kyum |
Preceded by | Kang Kyung-wha |
Succeeded by | Park Jin |
Special Advisor to the President on Foreign Affairs, Diplomacy and National Security | |
In office 3 July 2020 – 20 January 2021 | |
President | Moon Jae-in |
Succeeded by | Kim Hyun-jong |
Director of the National Security Office | |
In office 20 May 2017 – 2 July 2020 | |
President | Moon Jae-in |
Preceded by | Kim Kwan-jin |
Succeeded by | Suh Hoon |
Personal details | |
Born | 14 April 1946 |
Alma mater | Seoul National University Harvard University |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 정의용 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Jeong Uiyong |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Ŭiyong |
Chung Eui-yong (Korean: 정의용; Hanja: 鄭義溶; born 14 April 1946) is a South Korean diplomat and a politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2021 to 2022. Chung was previously President Moon Jae-in's first Director of National Security from 2017 to 2020.[1][2]