General A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED ...

(Ret.) Kim Jang-soo (; born February 28, 1948),

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, was the 37th Chief of Staff of the

Republic of Korea Army The Republic of Korea Army (ROKA; ko, 대한민국 육군; Hanja: 大韓民國陸軍; RR: ''Daehanminguk Yuk-gun''), also known as the ROK Army or South Korean Army, is the army of South Korea, responsible for ground-based warfare. It is the l ...

and the 40th

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Minister of National Defense. He was a

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Representative in the

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from 2008 to 2012. General Kim graduated from the Republic of Korea Military Academy in 1971. He graduated from Korea National Defense University in 1988, then he earned a master's degree in Arts at Graduate School of Public Administration,

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in 1989. His assignments as a general officer were Chief, Operations Division, First Army (FROKA), Commanding General, 6th Infantry Division (1997-1999), Director, Operational Planning, Joint Chiefs of Staff (1999-2000), Director, Operations, Joint Chiefs of Staff (2000-2001), Commanding General, VII Corps (2001-2003), and Chief Director, Joint Operations, Joint Chiefs of Staff (2003-2004). His last assignment prior to becoming Army Chief of Staff was Deputy Commander, Republic of Korea - United States (ROK-US) Combined Forces Command. From April 2005 to November 2006, he served as Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Army. From November 2006 to February 2008, he served as Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense. In March 2015, Kim was appointed as Korea's Ambassador to China. Currently, his son serves as a commissioned officer in the Republic of Korea Army.

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* http://www.army.mil.kr - Republic of Korea Army (Korean) * https://web.archive.org/web/20070728195739/http://www.mnd.mil.kr/ - Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense (Korean) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Jang-soo 1948 births Living people South Korean generals Ambassadors of South Korea to China Yonsei University alumni Korea Military Academy alumni Chiefs of Staff of the Army (South Korea) National Defense ministers of South Korea Gwangsan Kim clan