Park Jin

The Honourable Park Jin MP CBE
박진
Park in 2023
40th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 12 May 2022 – 10 January 2024
President	Yoon Suk Yeol
Prime Minister	Han Duck-soo
Preceded by	Chung Eui-yong
Succeeded by	Cho Tae-yul
Member of the National Assembly
In office 30 May 2020 – 29 May 2024
Preceded by	Jeon Hyun-hee
Succeeded by	Park Soo-min
Constituency	Gangnam B
In office 9 August 2002 – 29 May 2012
Preceded by	Roh Moo-hyun Chung In-bong
Succeeded by	Chung Sye-kyun
Constituency	Jongno
Personal details
Born	(1956-09-16) 16 September 1956 (age 68) Seoul, South Korea
Political party	People Power Party
Alma mater	Seoul National University (LLB) Harvard University (MPA) University of Oxford (DPhil) New York University (LLM)
Military service
Allegiance	South Korea
Branch/service	Republic of Korea Navy
Years of service	1980–1983
Rank	Lieutenant JG (Korean: Jungwi)
Korean name
Hangul	박진
Hanja	朴振
Revised Romanization	Bak Jin
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Chin

Park Jin CBE^[1] (Korean: 박진; born 16 September 1956) is a South Korean diplomat and politician. He is a four-term member of the National Assembly and served as the 40th Foreign Minister.

As foreign minister, Park presided over South Korea's controversial support for Israel and Azerbaijan during the Israel–Hamas War and 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno–Karabakh respectively, as both countries were accused of genocide and ethnic cleansing.^[2]