Han Sung-joo (; born September 13, 1940) is a Korean educator, diplomatist, diplomat, and politician. Han is a member of Cheongju Han clan. He was born in Keijō (

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 ...

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on September 13, 1940. He is a foreign diplomat of the

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, former foreign minister and ambassador to the United States, and a diplomat who has been a professor since 1978 in the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy at

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. After graduating from

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in 1962, he received a master's degree in political science from the

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in 1964 and a doctorate in political science from the

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, in 1970. From February 1993 to December 1994, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 2006, he retired from Korea University professorship. From June 2002 to February 2003 and from March 2007 to January 2008, he served as President of

He was the 19th

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from April 2003 to February 2005.

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Living people Seoul National University alumni Foreign ministers of South Korea University of California, Berkeley alumni Ambassadors of South Korea to the United States Academic staff of Korea University 1940 births Cheongju Han clan South Korean international relations scholars University of New Hampshire alumni Politicians from Seoul {{Korea-bio-stub