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Jeong Se-hyun
정세현
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Executive Vice-chair of National Unification Advisory Council
Assumed office
2 September 2019
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Preceded byKim Deog-ryong
Minister of Unification
In office
29 January 2002 – 30 June 2004
PresidentKim Dae-Jung
Roh Moo-hyun
Preceded byHong Soon-young
Succeeded byChung Dong-young
Personal details
Born (1945-05-07) 7 May 1945 (age 79)
Manchuria (now-Heilongjiang, China)
Alma materSeoul National University
ReligionWon Buddhism

Template:Korean name

Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJeong Se-hyeon
McCune–ReischauerChŏng Sehyŏn

Jeong Se-hyun (Korean: 정세현; Hanja: 丁世鉉; born 7 May 1945) is a South Korean politician currently serving as the Executive Vice-Chair of National Unification Advisory Council from September 2019.

He was credited with helping to create the predecessor of the Council, Presidential Advisory Council on Peaceful Unification Policy, in 1981.[1]

He spent more than two decades at the Ministry of Unification which he first joined as a researcher on communist countries at then-Board of National Unification in 1977. In 2002 he was appointed as the head of the Ministry and assumed the post until June 2004 serving two consecutive Presidents, Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun. He was also credited with boosting inter-Korean cooperative projects including Kaesong Industrial Region, a landmark site of Inter-Korean cooperation.

He also worked at Korean think tanks - now-Sejong Institute and Korea Institute for National Unification - as their ranking member. In addition, he was the visiting scholar to Kyung Hee University and Myongji University as well as the Endowed-Chair Professor of Ewha Womans University and Kyungnam University.

Moreover, he previously served as the 11th President of Wonkwang University and the 6th President of Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation, one of South Korean NGOs that most actively engage with North Korea. He currently chairs Korea Peace Forum.

He holds three degrees from Seoul National University: bachelor in political science and diplomacy and master and doctorate in international relations. He focused his postgraduate studies on Chinese studies earning master for analysing Han Fei, a Chinese philosopher, and doctorate for Mao Zedong's foreign policy.

Honours

References

  1. ^ "정세현 신임 민주평통 수석부의장…실무·이론겸비 '통일전문가'" [정세현 신임 민주평통 수석부의장…실무·이론겸비 '통일전문가' Jeong Se-hyun New National Unification Advisory Council Executive Vice-chair..."unification expert" with experience and knowledge] (in Korean).
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Unification
2002–2004
Succeeded by
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