List of Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Korea
So far, South Korea has had the following foreign ministers :
- Jang Taek-sang (August 15, 1948 - December 24, 1948)
- Limb Ben C. (December 25, 1948 - April 15, 1951)
- Byun Young-tae (April 16, 1951 - July 28, 1955)
- Cho Chung-whan (July 29, 1955 - December 21, 1959)
- Choi Kyu-ha (December 22, 1959 - April 24, 1960)
- Her Chung (April 25, 1960 - August 19, 1960)
- Chung Il-hyung (23 August 1960 - 20 May 1961)
- Kim Hong-il (May 21, 1961 - July 21, 1961)
- Song Yoe-chan (July 22, 1961 - October 10, 1961)
- Choi Duk-shin (October 11, 1961 - March 15, 1963)
- Kim Yong-shik (March 16, 1963 - December 16, 1963)
- Chung Il-kwon (December 17, 1963 - July 24, 1964)
- Lee Tong-won (July 25, 1964 - December 16, 1966)
- Chung Il-kwon (December 17, 1966 - June 29, 1967)
- Choi Kyu-ha (June 30, 1967 - June 3, 1971)
- Kim Yong-shik (June 4, 1971 - December 2, 1973)
- Kim Dong-jo (December 3, 1973 - December 18, 1975)
- Park Tong-jin (December 19, 1975 - September 1, 1980)
- Lho Shin-yong (September 2, 1980 - June 1, 1982)
- Lee Bum-suk (June 2, 1982 - October 9, 1983)
- Lee Won-kyung (October 15, 1983 - August 26, 1986)
- Choi Kwang-soo (August 27, 1986 - December 4, 1988)
- Choi Ho-joong (December 5, 1988 - December 26, 1990)
- Lee Sang-ock (December 27, 1990 - February 25, 1993)
- Han Sung-joo (February 26, 1993 - December 22, 1994)
- Gong Ro-myung (December 23, 1994 - November 6, 1996)
- Yoo Chong-ha (November 7, 1996 - March 2, 1998)
- Park Chung-soo (March 3, 1998 - August 3, 1998)
- Hong Soon-young (August 4, 1998 - January 13, 2000)
- Lee Joung-binn (January 14, 2000 - March 25, 2001)
- Han Seung-soo (March 27, 2001 - February 4, 2002)
- Choi Sung-hong (February 5, 2002 - February 26, 2003)
- Yoon Young-kwan (February 27, 2003 - January 15, 2004)
- Ban Ki-moon (January 17, 2004 - November 10, 2006)
- Song Min-soon (November 11, 2006 - February 29, 2009)
- Yu Myung-hwan (February 29, 2009 - September 8, 2010)
- Kim Sung-hwan (October 1, 2010 - March 11, 2013)
- Yun Byung-se (March 11, 2013 - June 18, 2017)
- Kang Kyung-wha (since June 18, 2017)