| Cho Tae-yul | |
|---|---|
| 조태열 | |
.jpg) Cho in 2024 | |
| 41st Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 9 January 2024 | |
| President | Yoon Suk Yeol |
| Prime Minister | Han Duck-soo |
| Preceded by | Park Jin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1955-11-09) 9 November 1955 (age 69) Yeongyang, North Gyeongsang Province |
| Political party | Independent |
| Parent |
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| Alma mater | Seoul National University (LLB) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 조태열 |
| Hanja | 趙兌烈 |
| Revised Romanization | Jo Taeyeol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Cho T'aeyŏl |
Cho Tae-yul (Korean: 조태열; born 10 November 1955) is a South Korean diplomat who has been serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 9 January 2024.
Education
Cho graduated from Seoul National University in 1979 with a Bachelor of Laws degree. In 1983, Cho completed the Foreign Service Programme at the University of Oxford.
Career
Cho joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1979 where he served in the overseas missions in Thailand, the United States, and Saudi Arabia until the 1990s.
Cho served as the South Korean ambassador to Spain in 2008 and, South Korean ambassador to the United Nations from 2016 to 2019. He served as the second vice foreign minister from 2013 to 2016 during the Park Geun-hye government.
He had also served as the chairman of the World Trade Organization Dispute Committee and, the chairman of the Geneva Government Procurement Committee.
Foreign minister
On December 19, 2023, President Yoon Suk Yeol appointed Cho Tae-yul as the nominee for Foreign Minister to succeed former Minister Park Jin. The presidential office said that his diplomatic insight and experience will greatly contribute to resolving various diplomatic issues facing the country.
Cho and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a telephone conversation in February 2024 to discuss issues of mutual interest, including a wide range of aspects of bilateral relations, such as high-level exchanges and supply chain cooperation.
In September 2024, he said at the General Debate of the 79th UN General Assembly that amid conflicts including Russia's war in Ukraine and Israel–Hamas war, skepticism about the role of the fragmented the United Nations and other multilateral mechanisms has deepened. He also cited the AI Seoul Summit as an example, saying that South Korea would play the role of a facilitator, supporter, and initiator of global peace for new norms and governance.
See also
References
- ^ "Impact Player: Cho Tae-yul". CSIS. December 20, 2023.
- ^ "Ex-top envoy to U.N. tapped as top diplomat". Yonhap News Agency. December 19, 2023.
- "China invites S. Korean top diplomat, calls for 'positive, objective' policy". The Korea Herald. February 7, 2024.
- "FM champions multilateralism, stresses S. Korea's vision as 'global pivotal state'". Yonhap News Agency. September 28, 2024.
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| Preceded byPark Jin | Minister of Foreign Affairs 2024– |
Succeeded by |
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| Foreign ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation | |
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