Ambassador Chun is the Chairman of the Korean Peninsula Future Forum (KPFF), which he established in 2013. Previously, Ambassador Chun served as the National Security Advisor to President Lee Myung-bak for the second half of President Lee’s term of office (2010-2013). He spent most of his 33 years in public service as a career diplomat. He served in key posts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including as Second Vice Foreign Minister (2009-2010), Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs and Head of the ROK Delegation to the Six-Party Talks (2006-2008), and Deputy Foreign Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations (2005-2006). His senior overseas assignments include Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2008-2009) and Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New York (2003-2005). He also served in France, Morocco, and Austria as a junior diplomat in the 1980s and 1990s. He graduated from Pusan National University with a major in French and received an M.I.A. (Master of International Affairs) from the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.