Chung Eui-yong

Chung Eui-yong (Korean: 정의용; born 1946) is a South Korean diplomat and politician, serving as the Director of the National Security Office, which resembles that of National Security Advisor (United States).

This is a Korean name; the family name is Chung.
Chung Eui-yong
정의용
Director of the National Security Office
Assumed office
20 May 2017
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Personal details
Born (1946-04-14) 14 April 1946
Alma materSeoul National University
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJeong Uiyong
McCune–ReischauerChŏng Ŭiyong

Career
Chung Eui-yong (left) and Kim Jong-un

A 1968 graduate of Seoul National University, Chung joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1971. He subsequently served as Korean Ambassador to Israel (1997–1998), Deputy Minister for Trade (1998–2001), and as Korean Ambassador to the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the UN Secretariat and International Organizations in Geneva (2001–2004). He was returned to the 17th National Assembly in the 2004 elections as a proportional representative for the Uri Party. In the National Assembly, he was a member of the Special Committee on United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement. He then became Secretary-General of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties. On 20 May 2017, newly-inaugurated president Moon Jae-in appointed him as the ministerial-level Director of the National Security Office.[1][2]

Political activity
External video
Chung Eui-Yong announcing that U.S. President Donald Trump had agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, March 8, 2018, C-SPAN

As South Korea's Special Envoy to North Korea, Chung Eui-yong visited Pyongyang to discuss the required steps to denuclearise North Korea.[3] He then flew to the United States for a meeting with President Donald Trump and to announce the Trump-Kim summit.[4]

See also

References
  1. Ha, Mathew (23 May 2017). "Impact Player: Chung Eui-yong". Center for Strategic and International Studies. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  2. "[프로필] 정의용, 외교관 출신의 靑국가안보실장...다자외교 통상전문가". The Chosun Ilbo. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  3. http://english.donga.com/Home/3/all/26/1240505/1 | title= Seoul to send special delegation to Pyongyang next week
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/world/asia/transcript-south-korea-nuclear-trump.html title=Seeking ‘Peaceful Resolution’: Transcript of South Korean Adviser’s Remarks
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