Education

• Feb. 1990 B.A. in International Relations, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
• Jun. 1999 Master of Business Administration, State University of New York at Buffalo, U.S.A.

Career

• Apr. 1991 Passed High Diplomatic Service Examination
• May 1991 Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
• Jan. 2002 Consul, Korean Consulate General in San Francisco, U.S.A.
• Dec. 2004 Counsellor, Korean Embassy in the Republic of Guatemala
• Jan. 2007 Director, Multilateral Trade Cooperation Division, Multilateral Trade Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT)
• Dec. 2008 Consul, Korean Consulate General in Seattle, U.S.A.
• Dec. 2011 Minister-Counsellor, Korean Embassy in the United Mexican States
• Nov. 2014 Director-General, Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, National Assembly Secretariat
• Aug. 2016 Head of International Cooperation, Korea Institute for National Unification
• Feb. 2017 Director-General, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Education
• Nov. 2018 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Kenya
• Jan. 2022 Ambassador for International Relations, Gangwon Province
• Nov. 2022 Deputy-Minister for Overseas Koreans and Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MOFA)
• Jun. 2023 Vice Commissioner of the Overseas Koreans Agency