Korea, South

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Date of Information: 6/4/2012

The spellings of names of South Korean officials have been changed to reflect widely recognized spellings.

Pres.	LEE Myung-bak
Prime Min.	KIM Hwang-sik
Min., Prime Min.'s Office	RIM Che-min
Min. of Culture, Sports, & Tourism	CHOI Kwang-sik
Min. of Education, Science, & Technology	LEE Ju-ho
Min. of Employment & Labor	LEE Chae-pil
Min. of Environment	YOO Young-sook
Min. for Food, Agriculture, Forestry, & Fisheries	SUH Kyu-yong
Min. of Foreign Affairs & Trade	KIM Sung-hwan
Min. of Gender Equality & Family	KIM Kum-lae
Min. of Health & Welfare	IM Chae-min
Min. of Justice	LEE Kwi-nam
Min. of Knowledge Economy
Min. of Land, Transport, & Maritime Affairs	KWON Do-youp
Min. of National Defense	KIM Kwan-jin
Min. of Public Admin. & Security	MAENG Hyung-kyu
Min. of Strategy & Finance	BAHK Jae-wan
Min. of Unification	YU Woo-ik
Chmn., Anticorruption & Civil Rights Commission	KIM Young-ran
Chmn., Board of Audit & Inspection	YANG Kun
Chmn., Fair Trade Commission	KIM Dong-soo
Chmn., Financial Services Commission	KIM Seok-dong
Chmn., Korea Communications Commission	CHOI See-joong
Chmn., Presidential Council on National Competitiveness	SAKONG Il
Chmn., National Human Rights Commission	HYUN Byung-chul
Chief of Staff, Office of the Pres.	HA Kum-loul
Senior Presidential Sec. for External Strategies, Office of the Pres.	KIM Tae-hyo
Senior Presidential Sec. for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy, Office of the Pres.	CHUN Yung-woo
Dir., National Intelligence Service	WON Sei-hoon
Governor, Bank of Korea	KIM Choong-soo
Ambassador to the US	CHOI Young-jin
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York	KIM Sook