Ambassador Joong-Kyung Choi

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Philippines


EDUCATION

February 1979
Graduated from the Department of Business Administration, Seoul
National University, Seoul, Korea

February 1986
Graduate School, Department of Business Administration, Seoul
National University, Seoul, Korea

August 2003
Ph.D. in Economics
University of Hawaii, U.S.A.

CAREER

December 1978
Passed High Civil Service Examination

March 1997
Director
Financial Cooperation Division, Ministry of Finance and Economy (MOFE)

August 1999
Director
Securities Division, MOFE

July 2000
Director
Financial Policy Division, MOFE

April 2001
Chief of Staff to the Minister of Finance and Economy (MOFE)

April 2003
Director-General
International Finance Bureau, MOFE

August 2005
Executive Director
World Bank Group

March 2008
First Vice Minister
Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF)

September 2008
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Philippines

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