Cho Tae-yul

• Education

  • Jun. 1983 Completion of Foreign Service Programme, University of Oxford, U.K.
  • Feb. 1979 LL.B., Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

• Career

  • Jan. 2024 Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Nov. 2016 Ambassador to the United Nations     ※ 2019.12. retirement
  • Mar. 2013 2nd Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Apr. 2012 Ambassador for International Relations to Gyeonggi Province, Korea
  • Jun. 2011 Ambassador for Development Cooperation, MOFAT
  • May. 2008 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Spain
  • Dec. 2006 Deputy Minister for Trade, MOFAT
  • Jan. 2005 Ambassador, Korean Permanent Mission to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland
  • Apr. 2003 Director-General, Bilateral Trade Bureau, MOFAT
  • Jan. 2003 Special Commissioner, Presidential Transition Committee, Korea
  • Jul. 2002 Deputy Director-General for Trade Policy Planning, Multilateral Trade Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade(MOFAT)
  • Jan. 2000 Counsellor, Korean Embassy in the United States of America
  • Jun. 1996 Counsellor, Korean Permanent Mission to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland
  • Feb. 1995 Director, International Trade Division II, International Trade Bureau, MOFA
  • Feb. 1994 Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, MOFA
  • Nov. 1992 Counsellor, Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Jan. 1990 First Secretary, Korean Embassy in the United States of America
  • Jul. 1984 Second Secretary, Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Thailand
  • Jul. 1979 Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
  • May. 1979 Passed High Diplomatic Service Examination

• Awards

  • Jun. 2020 Order of Service Merit (Yellow Stripes)
  • Mar. 2012 Grand Cross of the Order of the Civil Merit, Kingdom of Spain
  • Feb. 2008 Order of Service Merit (Red Stripes)