Choi Young-jin | |
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South Korean Ambassador to the United States | |
In office 8 March 2012 – 28 May 2013 | |
President | Lee Myung-bak |
Preceded by | Han Duck-soo |
Succeeded by | Ahn Ho-young |
Personal details | |
Born | Seoul, South Korea | 29 March 1948
Alma mater | Yonsei University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 최영진 |
Hanja | 崔英鎭 |
Revised Romanization | Choe Yeong-jin |
McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Yŏng-jin |
Choi Young-jin (Korean: 최영진, Choe Yeongjin; born 29 March 1948) is a South Korean career diplomat who served as South Korean Ambassador to the United States from 2012 to 2013, when he was succeeded by Ahn Ho-young.[1]
He is also the former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI). He was appointed to the latter position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in October 2007, as successor of Pierre Schori from Sweden.[2] He has been succeeded by Bert Koenders from the Netherlands in August 2011.
He is currently a Distinguished Professor at Yonsei University's Graduate School of International Studies.[3]