Hong Soon-young

Hong Soon-young (30 January 1937  30 April 2014[1]) was a retired South Korean diplomat. He has served in several high-level posts, including as presidential aide for state affairs, Foreign Minister, and Minister of Unification, and has been ambassador to Russia (1992–1993), Germany (1994–1998), The People's Republic of China (2000–2001), Malaysia (1990–1992), and Pakistan (1984–1987). He is a graduate of Seoul National University and attended the Graduate School of International Relations at Columbia University.

Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHong Sun-yeong
McCune–ReischauerHong Sunyŏng

References

  1. "Former foreign minister Hong dies at age 77". The Korea Herald. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
Preceded by
Park Chung-soo
Foreign Minister of South Korea
August 1998December 2000
Succeeded by
Lee Joung-bin
Preceded by
Lim Dong-won
Unification Minister of South Korea
September 7, 2001January 2002
Succeeded by
Jeong Se-hyun


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