Song Min-soon, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Date of Birth July 28, 1948 Education 1994 Fellow at Harvard Center for International Affairs, U.S.A. 1978 Studied at the Graduate School of Bonn University, Germany 1975 B.A. in German Language and Literature, Seoul National University Career Dec. 1, 2006- present Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade 2006 National Security Advisor to the President 2005 Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) 2003 Ambassador, Special Advisor on Foreign Relations to the Governor of Gyeonggi Province 2001 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Poland 1999 Director-General, North American Affairs Bureau, MOFAT 1997 Secretary to the President for Foreign Policy and National Security 1992 Counselor, Korean Embassy to Singapore 1991 Director, North American Division, American Affairs Bureau, MOFAT 1986 First Secretary, Korean Embassy to the U.S.A. 1981 Second Secretary, Korean Embassy to India 1979 Vice Consul, Korean Consulate General to West Germany 1975 Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the former MOFAT Awards 2003 Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit (Poland) 1991 Service Merit Medal