Yun Byung-se

Yun Byung-se
Yun Byung-se
윤병세
	Yun in 2015
35th Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 11 March 2013 – 18 June 2017
Prime Minister	Chung Hong-won; Lee Wan-koo; Choi Kyoung-hwan (Acting); Hwang Kyo-ahn; Yoo Il-ho (Acting); Lee Nak-yeon
Preceded by	Kim Sung-hwan
Succeeded by	Kang Kyung-wha
Personal details
Born	3 August 1953 (age 71); Seoul, South Korea
Political party	Liberty Korea Party
Children	1 daughter
Alma mater	Seoul National University; Johns Hopkins University
Korean name
Hangul	윤병세
Hanja	尹炳世
Revised Romanization	Yun Byeongse
McCune–Reischauer	Yun Byŏngse

Yun Byung-se (Korean: 윤병세; born 3 August 1953 in Seoul) was the Foreign Affairs Minister of South Korea.^[1] His term ended 31 May 2017.^{[citation needed]} From 2006 to 2008, Yun served as senior presidential secretary for foreign, security and unification policy.^[2]

Early Career (1977–2013)

Yun joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1977. Since 1984, he has worked in Sydney, New York, the United Nations, Singapore, and Geneva. He served as vice foreign minister in 2004.^[3]

He was foreign minister from 2013 to 2017.^[3]

Yun Byung-se visited Iran in 2015 and met with the country's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the president.^[4]

^ Mike Firn (26 December 2015). "Japan considering 'comfort women' fund after decades-long dispute with South Korea". The Telegraph.
^ fji.mofat.go.kr/webmodule/htsboard/template/read/engreadboard.jsp?typeID=16&boardid=12380&seqno=691957&tableName=TYPE_ENGLEGATIO
^ ^a ^b "Yun Byung-Se". World Economic Forum.
^ "(LEAD) FM Yun meets Rouhani, Zarif in Iran". Yonhap News Agency. November 8, 2015.

Media related to Yun Byung-se at Wikimedia Commons
Biography at the ministry's website, with links to press releases and press briefings

Political offices
Preceded by Kim Sung-hwan	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2013–2017	Succeeded by Kang Kyung-wha

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