Kim Yeon-chul
South Korean political scientist (born 1964) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kim Yeon-chul (Korean: 김연철; Hanja: 金鍊鐵; born 26 March 1964) is a South Korean associate professor of unification[1] at Inje University who served as Minister of Unification under President Moon Jae-in from April 2019 to June 2020.[2]
Kim Yeon-chul | |
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김연철 | |
Minister of Unification | |
In office 8 April 2019 – 19 June 2020 | |
President | Moon Jae-in |
Prime Minister | Lee Nak-yeon Chung Sye-kyun |
Preceded by | Cho Myoung-gyon |
Succeeded by | Suh Ho (acting) Lee In-young |
Personal details | |
Born | (1964-07-09) 9 July 1964 (age 60) Donghae City, South Korea |
Political party | independent |
Alma mater | Sungkyunkwan University |
Before promoted to Minister, Kim was the president of the Korea Institute for National Unification, a government-funded research institute. He was previously a policy advisor to then-Minister of Unification Chung Dong-young from 2004 to 2006.
After completing his doctorate programme, he joined Samsung Economic Research Institute as its senior researcher.[3] He was also the first president of The Hankyoreh's research institute on peace studies.
Kim holds three degrees in political science from Sungkyunkwan University from a bachelor to a doctorate.[4]
Following North Korea's destruction of its Kaesong liaison office and a general worsening of inter-Korean relations, he offered to resign on June 17, 2020. On June 19, 2020, President Moon Jae-in officially accepted his resignation as the Minister of Unification.[5]