Kim Yong-shik

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Kim Yong-shik
김용식
President of the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee
In office November 2, 1981 – July 11, 1983
IOC President	Juan Antonio Samaranch
Succeeded by	Roh Tae-woo
Chair of the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee
In office November 2, 1981 – July 11, 1983
Preceded by	Committee established
Succeeded by	Roh Tae-woo
South Korean Ambassador to the United States
In office 1977–1981
President	Park Chung Hee Choi Kyu-hah Chun Doo-hwan
Preceded by	Hahm Pyong-choon
Succeeded by	Lew Byong-hion
Personal details
Born	(1913-11-11)11 November 1913 Tōei, Keishōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan (today Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea)
Died	31 March 1995(1995-03-31) (aged 81) Seoul, South Korea
Nationality	South Korean
Occupation	Lawyer, politician
Korean name
Hangul	김용식
Hanja	金溶植
Revised Romanization	Gim Yong-sik
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Yongsik

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Yong-shik (Korean: 김용식; November 11, 1913 – March 31, 1995) was a South Korean lawyer and diplomat.

Personal life

Kim's younger brother was Korean author Kim Yong-ik. He graduated from the Law College of Chuo University in Tokyo in 1937.

Career

He twice served as Foreign Minister of South Korea (in 1962 and from 1971 to 1973) and also held the posts of National Unification Minister (1973–1974) and Minister without Portfolio (1963). Kim's diplomatic career began with posts as Consul in Hong Kong and Honolulu, and progressed with assignments as Minister of the South Korean embassies to Japan (1951–1957) and France (May 16, 1957 – September 10, 1958), and then Minister with the Korean mission in Geneva. He then became Ambassador to Great Britain, concurrently to the Scandinavian countries (1961–1962), to the Philippines (1962–1963), to the United Nations, concurrently Canada (1964–1970), and to the United States (1977–1981). He was also special assistant to the President of the Republic of Korea for Foreign Affairs (1970–1971).

Upon his retirement from the foreign service, Kim took the posts of President of the Republic of Korea National Red Cross, Chairman of the Committee for Promotion of Home Visits by Overseas Koreans, Chairman of the Committee for Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of Korean US Relations.