Park Jin

Park Jin (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.

Biography
Park passed the 11th Foreign Affairs Examination in 1977 and served as a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (South Korea) Officer in 1978. From 1980 to 1983, he served as a naval officer through a course of naval cadets. He was selected for the seventh term of state-funded international studies in 1983 and earned a master's degree in public administration at Harvard Kennedy School in 1985 and a Ph.D. in political science at Oxford University in 1993.

Since 1993, he has served as an overseas press secretary and political secretary at the presidential secretariat of the Kim Young-sam administration. Since 2002, he has served as the 16th and 17th lawmakers of Jongno-gu, Seoul, and served as the chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee, taking the lead in ratifying the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement and passing the North Korean Human Rights Act.

In 2008, he visited the U.S. as the head of the Korea-U.S. Congressional Diplomatic Association and met Joe Biden, then chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

In 2020, he moved to Gangnam-gu B, Seoul, and was elected to the 21st National Assembly (South Korea). In May 2022, he was appointed Foreign Minister of the Yoon Suk-yeol government.

Career

 * May 2022 Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 * Apr. 2022 Head of the ROK-US Policy Consultation Delegation, 20th Presidential Transition Committee
 * Jan. 2022 – Mar. 2022 Chairman of the Global Vision Committee, 20th Presidential Election Headquarters, People Power Party (South Korea)
 * Sep. 2020 – Co- President of the Parliamentary Diplomacy Forum on the United States, 21st National Assembly (South Korea)
 * Jul. 2020 – Co- Chairman of the Future Policy Research Association, 21st National Assembly (South Korea)
 * Jul. 2020 – Chairman of the Global Diplomacy and Security Forum, 21st National Assembly (South Korea)
 * Jul. 2020 Member, Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, 21st National Assembly (South Korea)
 * Jun. 2020 Chairman of the Special Committee on Diplomacy & Security, People Power Party (South Korea)
 * May 2020 – Member of the 21st National Assembly (South Korea) (Gangnam 2nd District)
 * Feb. 2017 – Feb. 2020 Chairman, Korea-America Association
 * 2014 – Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
 * Mar. 2013 – May 2020 Endowed Chair Professor, Graduate School of International and Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
 * Aug. 2008 – Aug. 2010 Chairman, Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Unification Committee, 18th National Assembly (South Korea)
 * May 2008 – May 2012 Member of the 18th National Assembly (South Korea) (Jongno District)
 * Dec. 2007 – Feb. 2008 Head of the Foreign Affairs, Unification, and Security Subcommittee,17th Presidential Transition Committee
 * Sep. 2007 – Jun. 2008 Chairman of the International Committee, Grand National Party
 * Jul. 2004 – Feb. 2005 Chairman of the International Committee, Grand National Party
 * May 2004 – May 2008 Member of the 17th National Assembly (South Korea) (Jongno District)
 * 2004–2017 President, Korea Britain Society
 * Aug. 2002 – May 2004 Member of the 16th National Assembly (South Korea) (Jongno District)
 * Mar. 1999 – Feb. 2002 Research Professor, Institute of East and West Studies, Yonsei University
 * Jul. 1996 – Mar. 1998 Presidential Secretary for Political Affairs, Office of the President
 * May 1993 – Jul. 1996 Presidential Press Secretary, Office of the President
 * 1990–1993 Lecturer in Politics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
 * 1989–1990 MacArthur Foundation Fellow, King's College London
 * 1987–1988 Japan Foundation Fellow, University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus
 * Nov. 1977 – Mar. 1978 Ministry of Foreign Affairs (South Korea)
 * Aug. 1977 – Passed the Foreign Service Examination