Choe Kwang-shik (born 1953) is a South Korean historian and museum curator who served as the
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism under President
Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak (; ; ; born 19 December 1941) is a South Korean businessman and politician who served as the 10th president of South Korea from 2008 to 2013. Before his presidency, he was the CEO of Hyundai Engineering and Construction, and the ma ...
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Biography
Choe Kwang-shik was born in 1953 in
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...
. He received his PhD in
Korean history
The Lower Paleolithic era in the Korea, Korean Peninsula and Manchuria began roughly half a million years ago.
Christopher J. Norton, "The Current State of Korean Paleoanthropology", (2000), ''Journal of Human Evolution'', 38: 803–825.
The e ...
from
Korea University
Korea University (KU, ) is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea, established in 1905. The university is included as one of the SKY universities, a popular acronym referring to Korea's three most prestigious universities.
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, and in 1995 became a professor of the same university's history department. From 2004 to 2007, he was vice-president of the Korean Association of University Museums (KAUM).
In 2009, Choe became South Korea's
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism. In January 2012, he unveiled plans to allocate more funds in cooperation with other governmental organizations to boost South Korea's cultural industry.
In 2013, Choe stepped down from his position as Minister of Culture, with
Yoo Jin-ryong taking over.
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1953 births
Living people
Government ministers of South Korea
Korea University alumni
Korea University faculty
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