Kim Jin-sun

Kim Jin-sun
Governor of Gangwon Province
In office
July 1, 1998 – June 30, 2010
Preceded byChoi Gag-gyu
Succeeded byLee Kwang-jae
President of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games
In office
October 19, 2011 – July 21, 2014
LeaderJacques Rogge
(2011–2013)
Thomas Bach (2013–2014)
Preceded byDmitry Chernyshenko
Succeeded byCho 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 byCommittee established
Succeeded byCho Yang-ho
Personal details
Born (1946-11-10) November 10, 1946 (age 78)
Gangwon Province, southern Korea
Political partyGrand National
EducationBachelor of Public Administration, Dongguk University
'Kim Jin-sun or Kim Jin Sun'
Hangul
김진선
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Jinseon
McCune–ReischauerKim Chinsŏn

Kim Jin-sun (Korean김진선; 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]

  1. ^ "Ex-Gangwon governor to lead PyeongChang Games committee". The Korea Times. 4 October 2011. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  2. ^ "President of the PyeongChang 2018 Organizing Committee steps down". AIPS Media. July 21, 2014.