Park Yang-woo
박양우
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism
In office
3 April 2019  10 February 2021
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterLee Nak-yeon
Chung Sye-kyun
Preceded byDo Jong-hwan
Succeeded byHwang Hee
Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism
In office
9 August 2006  29 February 2008
PresidentRoh Moo-hyun
Prime MinisterHan Myeong-sook
Han Duck-soo
Preceded byYoo Jin-ryong
Succeeded byKim Jang-shil
Personal details
Born (1958-11-20) 20 November 1958
Political partyindependent
Alma materChung Ang University
Seoul National University
City, University of London
Hanyang University

Park Yang-woo (Korean: 박양우; Hanja: 朴良雨; born 20 November 1958) is a South Korean professor at Chung-Ang University's Graduate School of Art previously served as President Moon Jae-in's second Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism from 2019 to 2021.

He was previously the deputy head of the Ministry under President Roh Moo-hyun from 2006 to 2008.[1]

After passing the state exam in 1979, he worked as a public servant at multiple agencies from the Ministry and Ministry-run Korean Cultural Center New York to Office of the President for over 20 years before leaving the public service as the deputy head of the Ministry (then Ministry of Culture and Tourism) in 2008.

He then went back to his first alma mater, Chung-Ang University, as its professor of art management and later its vice president. He also served as the president of Korean Association Of Arts Management from 2009 to 2013.

From 2013 to 2019 he sataas s the non-executive director of the South Korean media chaebol's cultural business branch, CJ ENM.[2]

In February 2021 Park served as the chair of the 14th session of the Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO, one of its two governing bodies.[3]

Park holds four degrees - a bachelor and a master's in public administration from Chung-Ang University and Seoul National University, a master's in Culture, Policy and Management from City, University of London and a doctorate in tourism science from Hanyang University.[4]

Awards

References

  1. 박보람 (2019-03-08). "Ex-vice minister with 30 years' experience in culture policy tapped as culture minister". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
  2. 유청모 (2019-03-18). "Cineastes denounce President Moon's culture minister nominee". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
  3. "Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism H. E. Mr Park Yang-woo of the Republic of Korea chairs the 14th session of the Intergovernmental Committee". Diversity of Cultural Expressions. 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  4. "Welcome to the website of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea". www.mcst.go.kr. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
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