2023-Present |
Lee & Ko |
2023-Present |
Member, Human Rights Advisory Committee, Ministry of Justice (2023. 7.5 - 2025. 7. 4.) |
2021-2022 |
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Switzerland (During this period, he served as Chair of the WTO Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) Committee) |
2018-2020 |
Second Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) |
2017-2018 |
Assistant to the President for Trade |
2015-2017 |
Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs, MOFA |
2012-2015 |
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the Kingdom of Morocco |
2011-2012 |
Special Assistant to the Minister for Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) |
2009-2011 |
Director-General, Free Trade Agreement Policy Bureau, MOFAT (During this period, he headed the Korean delegation at various FTA negotiations, notably with Australia and Turkiye. He also coordinated inter-agency work for the completion of domestic procedures for the entry into force of the Korea-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the Korea-US FTA and the Korea-EU FTA). |
2008-2009 |
Director-General, Multilateral Trade Bureau, MOFAT (with the responsibility of coordinating the inter-agency work relating to the WTO and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)) |
2006-2008 |
Minister-Counsellor, Delegation of the Republic of Korea to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
2004-2006 |
Deputy Director-General, Free Trade Agreement Bureau, MOFAT |
2003-2004 |
Presidential Committee on Northeast Asian Cooperation Initiative |
2001-2003 |
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand |
2000-2001 |
Director, World Trade Organization Division, MOFAT |
1999-2000 |
Director, Trade Policy Planning Division, MOFAT |
1997-1999 |
Counselor, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Bangladesh |
1995-1997 |
First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea in Geneva |
1993-1995 |
North America Trade Division, MOFA |
1990-1993 |
Second Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Czechoslovakia |
1987-1990 |
Second Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the United States |
1982 |
Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |