Kim Jin-sun | |||||||||||||
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Governor of Gangwon Province | |||||||||||||
In office July 1, 1998 – June 30, 2010 | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | Choi Gag-gyu | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Lee Kwang-jae | ||||||||||||
President of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
In office October 19, 2011 – July 21, 2014 | |||||||||||||
Leader | Jacques Rogge (2011–2013) Thomas Bach (2013–2014) | ||||||||||||
Preceded by | Dmitry Chernyshenko | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Cho Yang-ho | ||||||||||||
Chair of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
In office October 19, 2011 – July 21, 2014 Chair of the PyeongChang bid: September 14, 2009 – October 5, 2011 | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | Committee established | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Cho Yang-ho | ||||||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||||||
Born | Gangwon Province, southern Korea | November 10, 1946||||||||||||
Political party | Grand National | ||||||||||||
Education | Bachelor of Public Administration, Dongguk University | ||||||||||||
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Kim Jin-sun (Korean: 김진선; Hanja: 金振兟; born November 10, 1946) is a former governor of Gangwon Province, South Korea, and former president of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics which was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1]
He resigned from the top post of the POCOG in July 2014 only nine months after being reelected, although his current temp should have expired as late as in October 2015.[2]