Yun Byung-se

Yun Byung-se
Yun Byung-se
윤병세
	Yun in 2016
35thMinister 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 70); Seoul,South Korea
Political party	Liberty Korea Party
Children	1 daughter
Alma mater	Seoul National University; Johns Hopkins University
Korean name
Hangul	윤병세
Hanja	DoãnBỉnhThế
Revised Romanization	Yun Byeong-se
McCune–Reischauer	Yun Byŏngse

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

Early Career (1977–2013)[edit]

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

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

Yun Byung-se visitedIranin 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.
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^^a ^b"Yun Byung-Se".World Economic Forum.
^"(LEAD) FM Yun meets Rouhani, Zarif in Iran".Yonhap News Agency.November 8, 2015.

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

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