CURRICULUM  VITAE

NAME    :  Kim  Sook

DATE OF BIRTH :  Sep. 19, 1952

EDUCATION  :

 Feb. 1977  Graduated from the Department of Sociology, Seoul National

                  University, Seoul, Korea

CAREER  :

 May 1978   Passed High Diplomatic Service Examination

 Aug. 1978   Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MOFA)

 Feb. 1981   Second Secretary, Korean Embassy in the United States of America

 Mar. 1984   Assistant Secretary, Office of the President

 Apr. 1986   Second Secretary, Korean Embassy in the Republic of India

 Dec. 1991   First Secretary, Korean Embassy in the United States of America

 Feb. 1995   Director, North America Division I, American Affairs Bureau, MOFA

 Aug. 1996   Assistant to the Foreign Minister

 Dec. 1996   Deputy Consul-General, Korean Consulate General in San Francisco, U.S.A.

 Feb. 1999   Director for Personnel, Office of Planning and Management,

                   Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade(MOFAT)

 Jul. 2000     Consul-General, Korean Consulate General in Toronto, Canada

 Aug. 2003   Senior Research Officer, Department of American Studies, Institute

                    of Foreign Affairs and National Security(IFANS), MOFAT

 Feb. 2004   Director-General, North American Affairs Bureau, MOFAT

 Jul. 2006   Ambassador for Public Diplomacy on Korea-U.S. Relations

 Jan.2007   Ambassador, Advisor for International Relations to Jeju Special Self-Governing Province

 Apr. 2008  Special Representative for Korean Peninsula peace and Security Affairs, MOFAT

 Feb. 2009  First Deputy Director, National Intelligence Service(NIS)

 May 2011  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Nations

 

FAMILY  :  Married with two daughters