Han Min-goo

Korean spelling
Hangeul	한민구
Hanja	韓 民 求
Revised Romanization	Han Min-gu
McCune- Reischauer	Han Mingu
See also : Korean name

Han Min-goo (born August 30, 1953 in Cheongju , Chungcheongbuk-do ) is a retired South Korean politician and general . He was South Korea's Minister of Defense from July 1, 2014 to July 13, 2017 .

Career

Han Min-goo graduated from the Military Academy with a Bachelor of Science in 1975 and completed his academic career with a Bachelor of Arts in Western History from Seoul National University in 1979 and a Master of Arts in Foreign Policy and National Security from Yonsei University in 1992 . He served in various command functions in the South Korean Army , whose 40th Chief of Staff he became in 2009. In 2010 he was promoted to 36th Chairman of the General Staff of the entire South Korean Armed Forces .

On July 1, 2014, he took over the ministerial post in the Ministry of Defense from his predecessor Kim Kwan-jin , which he held until July 13, 2017. He was replaced by Song Young-moo .

Web links

Commons : Han Min-goo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Profile of the Minister on the Ministry of Defense website

predecessor	Office	successor
Kim Kwan-jin	44th Minister of Defense of the Republic of Korea July 1, 2014 - July 13, 2017	Song Young-moo

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Han is the family name here, Min-goo is the first name.