CAREER
May 1996: Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
Dec. 2002: First Secretary, Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Belgium and Korean Mission to the European Union
Dec. 2005: Counsellor, Korean Embassy in the Republic of Lebanon
Dec. 2009: First Secretary, Korean Embassy in the United States of America
Apr. 2013: Assistant Secretary, Office of the President
Feb. 2014: Director, Protocol Division I, MOFA
Dec. 2014: Counsellor, Korean Embassy in the Republic of Singapore
May 2018: Counsellor, Korean Embassy in the Arab Republic of Egypt
Jul. 2020: Minister and Consul-General Korean Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany
Oct 2022: Director-General for Protocol Affairs, MOFA
Mar. 2023: Deputy Protocol Secretary, Office of the President
Jul. 2024: Ambassador, Korean Embassy in the Hellenic Republic
AWARD: Dec. 2011, Prime Minister’s Citation
EDUCATION
Aug. 1995: B.A. in Spanish Language, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea
May 2001: M.A. in Law and Diplomacy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, MA, USA