Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (South Korea)

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (South Korea)
Hangul 외교통상부 Hanja 外交通商部 Revised Romanization Oegyo tongsang-bu McCune- Reischauer Oegyo t'ongsangbu

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is in charge of diplomacy for South Korea, as well as handling external trade and matters related to overseas Korean nationals. It was established on 17 July 1948. Its main office is located in Seoul's Jongno-gu.^[1]

[edit] List of heads

Historical period	No.	Name	Term
1st Republic	1	Jang Taek-sang (張澤相)	1948 August 15 - 1948 December 24
	2	Yim Byeong-sik (林炳稷)	1948 December 25 - 1951 April 15
	3	Byeon Yeong-tae (卞榮泰)	1951 April 16 - 1955 July 28
	Deputy	Jo Jeong-hwan (曺正煥)	1955 July 29 - 1956 December 31
	4	Jo Jeong-hwan (曺正煥)	1956 December 31 - 1959 December 21
	Probational	Choe Gyu-ha (崔圭夏)	1959 December 22 - 1960 April 24
2nd Republic	5	Heo Jeong (許政)	1960 April 25 - 1960 August 19
	6	Jeong Il-hyeong (鄭一亨)	1960 August 23 - 1961 May 20
3rd Republic	7	Gim Hong-il (金弘壹)	1961 May 21 - 1961 July 21
	8	Song Yo-chan (宋堯讚)	1961 July 22 - 1961 October 10
	9	Choe Deok-sin (崔德新)	1961 October 11 - 1963 March 15
	10	Gim Yong-sik (金溶植)	1963 March 16 - 1963 December 16
	11	Jeong Il-gwon (丁一權)	1963 December 17 - 1964 July 24
	12	Lee Tong-Won (李東元)	1964 July 25 - 1966 December
	13	Jeong Il-gwon (丁一權)	1966 December - 1967 June 29
	14	Choe Gyu-ha (崔圭夏)	1967 June 30 - 1971 June 3
	15	Gim Yong-sik (金溶植)	1971 June 4 - 1973 December 2
4th Republic	16	Gim Dong-jo (金東祚)	1973 December 3 - 1975 December 18
	17	Bak Dong-jin (朴東鎭)	1975 December 19 - 1980 September 1
5th Republic	18	No Sin-yeong (盧信永)	1980 September 2 - 1982 June 1
	19	Yi Beom-seok (李範錫)	1982 June 2 - 1983 October 9
	20	Yi Won-gyeong (李源京)	1983 October 15 - 1986 August 26
	21	Choe Gwang-su (崔侊洙)	1986 August 26 - 1988 December 5
6th Republic	22	Choe Ho-jung (崔浩中)	1988 December 5 - 1990 December 27
	23	Yi Sang-ok (李相玉)	1990 December 27 - 1993 February 26
	24	Han Seung-ju (韓昇洲)	1993 February 26 - 1994 December 24
	25	Gong Ro-myeong (孔魯明)	1994 December 24 - 1996 November 7
	26	Yu Jong-ha (柳宗夏)	1996 November 7 - 1998 March 3
	27	Bak Jeong-su (朴定洙)	1988 March 3 - 1998 August 4
	28	Hong Sun-yeong (洪淳瑛)	1998 August 4 - 2000 January 14
	29	Yi Jeong-bin (李廷彬)	2000 January 14 - 2001 March 26
	30	Han Seung-su (韓昇洙)	2001 March 26 - 2002 February 4
	31	Choe Seong-hong (崔成泓)	2002 February 4 - 2003 February 27
	32	Yun Yeong-gwan (尹永寬)	2003 February 27 - 2004 January 17
	33	Ban Ki-moon (潘基文)	2004 January 17 - 2006 November 10
	34	Song Min-sun (宋旻淳)	2006 November 10 - 2008 February 29
	35	Yu Myung-hwan (柳明桓)	2008 February 29 -

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official homepage (English)
• Official homepage (Korean)

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