NAME : SOO HYUCK LEE DATE OF BIRTH : Jan. 4, 1949 EDUCATION :
| Feb. | 1972 | B.A. in International Relations, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea |
| Feb. | 2003 | M.A. in Political Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea |
| CAREER | : | |
| Apr. | 1975 | Passed High Diplomatic Service Examination |
| Sep. | 1975 | Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) |
| Dec. | 1996 | Minister-Counsellor, Korean Embassy in the United States of America |
| Jul. | 1999 | Secretary to the President for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Office of the |
| President | ||
| Jan. | 2001 | Director-General for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| (MOFAT) | ||
| Feb. | 2002 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of |
| Yugoslavia | ||
| Apr. | 2003 | Deputy Minister for Political Affairs, MOFAT (Involved as the head of the |
| ROK’s delegation to the Six Party Talks) | ||
| May | 2005 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of |
| Germany | ||
| Nov. | 2006 | First Deputy Director, National Intelligence Service (NIS) |
| Aug. | 2008 | Distinct Professor, Department of Political Sciences and International Studies, |
| Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea | ||
| Aug. | 2012 | Visiting Fellow, Cornell University, New York, U.S.A. |
| Jan. | 2013 | Endowed-Chair Professor, Dankook University, Seoul, Korea |
| Jan. | 2016 | Chairperson of the Korean Peninsula Economics Unification Committee, |
| Democratic Party of Korea | ||
| Jun. | 2017 | Member of the 20th National Assembly (Member of the Foreign Affairs |
| and Unification Committee, National Assembly) | ||
| Sep. | 2018 | Chairperson of the International Committee, Democratic Party of Korea |
| Sep. | 2018 | Chairperson of the 2nd Policy Coordination Committee (Foreign Affairs, |
| Unification, National Defense, and Intelligence), Democratic Party of Korea | ||
| Jul. | 2019 | Special Advisor to Democratic Party Leader for Foreign Affairs and |
| National Security | ||
| Oct. | 2019 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of |
| America |
| AWARDS | : | |
| Mar. | 1992 | Order of Service Merit (Green Stripes) |
| Dec. | 2009 | Order of Service Merit (Yellow Stripes) |
Published Works :
Conversations with Unified Germany, Seoul, 2006
Transforming Events – Analysis of North Korea’s Nuclear Issues, Seoul, 2008 North Korea is a Reality, Seoul, 2011
FAMILY : Married with two sons
November 19, 2020 at the Virtual Discussion