Guest Speaker:
HE Mr Lee Joon-gyu
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea
Event Date: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Event Time: 5:30 pm-7:00 pm
Event Location:
Bell Gully
HP Tower, 171 Featherston Street, Wellington, 6011.
Please note no building access after 6pm.
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Curriculum Vitae:
Name: Lee, Joon-gyu
Date of Birth: May 27, 1954
Family: Married with one son
Education:
- Feb. 1976 Graduated from the College of Law, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (B.A. in Law)
- Feb. 1978 Graduated from the Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea(M.A. in Law)
Career:
- May 1978 Passed High Diplomatic Service Examination
- Aug 1978 Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MOFA)
- Feb 1984 Second Secretary, Korean Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations in New York, U.S.A.
- Aug 1987 Principal Secretary to the Vice Minister
- Jun 1989 First Secretary, Korean Embassy in Malaysia
- Jul 1992 Director, Planning and Research Division, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), MOFA
- Aug 1993 Director, International Trade Division I, International Trade Bureau, MOFA
- Apr 1995 Visiting Researcher at the Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Dec 1996 Counsellor, Korean Embassy in Japan
- Feb 1999 Aide to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Feb 2000 Deputy Director-General, Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade(MOFAT)
- Jan 2001 Minister-Counsellor and Consul-General, Korean Embassy in the People’s Republic of China
- Aug 2004 Director-General, Overseas Koreans and Consular Affairs Bureau, MOFAT
- Sep 2006 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to New Zealand, Samoa and Tonga