Cho Hyun-ok
조현옥
South Korean Ambassador to Germany
Assumed office
5 November 2020
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Preceded byChung Beom-koo
Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs
In office
11 May 2017 – 28 May 2019
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Succeeded byKim Oe-sook
Personal details
Born (1956-09-21) 21 September 1956
Seoul, South Korea
Alma materEwha Womans University
Heidelberg University

Cho Hyun-ok (Korean: 조현옥; Hanja: 趙顯玉; born 21 September 1956), also known as Cho Hyun-ock,[1] is a South Korean politician previously served as President Moon Jae-in's first Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs - the first woman to assume such post - [2] and currently serving as his ambassador to Germany from 2020.[3]

After working at research institutes and civil societies, Cho joined the office of Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs under then-President Roh Moo-hyun. She later joined Park Won-soon-led Seoul Metropolitan Government as its director of Women and Family Policy Affairs Office.[4]

Cho previously worked with Moon during his 2017 presidential campaign as its vice chair of gender equality committee.[4] After serving as his first Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs from 2017 to 2019, Cho was appointed as his second ambassador to Germany in November 2020.[5][6]

Cho holds three degrees in politics - a bachelor and a master's from Ewha Womans University and a doctorate from Heidelberg University.[7]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Grußwort des BotschaftersBotschaft der Republik Korea in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland". overseas.mofa.go.kr. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  2. ↑ "'헌정사상 첫 여성 인사수석' 조현옥 이화여대 교수는 누구?". hankyung.com (in Korean). 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  3. ↑ 황석주 (2020-12-08). "New S. Korean envoy in Germany". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  4. 1 2 나병현 (2018-12-05). "[Who Is ?] 조현옥 전 청와대 인사수석". [Who Is ?] 조현옥 전 청와대 인사수석. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  5. ↑ "스위스대사에 '朴의 나쁜 사람' 노태강… 독일대사 조현옥". news.kmib.co.kr (in Korean). 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  6. ↑ 남상현 (2020-11-10). "New ambassador to Germany". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  7. ↑ "조현옥 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  8. ↑ 김은진 (2015-05-11). "서울시, 여성안전정책 UN공공행정상 대상 수상". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-07-05.


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