Chun Yungwoo

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.