Pak Ui-chun
Korean spelling | |
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Chosŏn'gŭl | 박의춘 |
Hancha | 朴義春 |
Revised Romanization |
Bak Ui-chun |
McCune- Reischauer |
Pak Uich'un |
Pak Ui-chun (* 1932 ) is a North Korean diplomat and politician and was his country's foreign minister in the Pak Pong-ju II cabinet from 2007 to 2014 .
Pak began his diplomatic career as an ambassador to Cameroon . He then headed the North Korean missions in Algeria , Syria and Lebanon . Most recently, he was the North Korean Ambassador to Moscow from 1998 to August 2006 . At the same time he has been a member of the Presidium of the North Korean Supreme People's Assembly since 1998 . On May 18, 2007, he was appointed the new Foreign Minister by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly. The post has been vacant since the death of his predecessor Paek Nam-sun in early January 2007. Pak's appointment as foreign minister was seen as a sign that the internationally largely isolated North Korean regime was turning to Russia . In 2014 he was replaced by Ri Su-yong .
Individual evidence
- ^ Yonhap News Agency : Korea annual . University of California, 2000, ISBN 978-89-7433-051-4 , p. 809.
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SURNAME | Pak, Ui-chun |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 박의춘 (Hangeul); Bak, Ui-chun (Revised Romanization); Pak, Uich'un (McCune-Reischauer) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | North Korean politician and diplomat |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1932 |