Song Young-moo ( ko, 송영무; born 24 February 1949) is a former

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

Minister of Defense A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...

. He is a former

Republic of Korea Navy The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN; ko, 대한민국 해군), also known as the ROK Navy or South Korean Navy, is the naval warfare service branch of the South Korean armed forces, responsible for naval and amphibious operations. The ROK Navy in ...

admiral who served as the

Chief of Naval Operations The chief of naval operations (CNO) is the professional head of the United States Navy. The position is a statutory office () held by an admiral who is a military adviser and deputy to the secretary of the Navy. In a separate capacity as a memb ...

. Song was previously serving as the Chair Professor of the Military and Police College at

Konyang University Konyang University (건양대학교; RR: Geonyang), located in Nonsan, South Korea, was founded in 1991. Konyang University has campuses in Nonsan and Daejeon. The Nonsan campus is the main campus with over 10,000 undergraduate students, eight co ...

before President Moon Jae's presidential campaign started in 2017 where he worked as the top security adviser on defense issues.

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, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Song, Young-moo Chiefs of Naval Operations (South Korea) National Defense ministers of South Korea People from Nonsan 1949 births Living people Eunjin Song clan South Korean Roman Catholics Korea Naval Academy alumni