Kim Jang-soo

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense Kim Jang-soo during the 39th Security Consultation Meeting at the Ministry of Defense Republic of Korea.

General (Ret.) Kim Jang-soo, ROKA, was the 37th Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Army and the 40th Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense. He is currently a Grand National Party Representative in the National Assembly of South Korea. General Kim graduated the Republic of Korea Military Academy in 1971. He graduated Korea National Defense University in 1988, then he earned master's degree in Arts at Graduate School of Public Administration, Yonsei University 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 becoming Army Chief of Staff was Deputy Commander, Republic of Korea - United States (ROK-US) Combined Forces Command.

In April 2005 to November 2006, he served as Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Army.

In 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)
http://www.mnd.mil.kr - Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense (Korean)

Preceded by Nam Jae-joon	Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Army 2005-2006	Succeeded by Park Heung-ryul
Preceded by Yoon Gwang-woung	Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense 2006-2008	Succeeded by Lee Sang-hee

Ambassadors of South Korea to China

Ambassadors and Envoys to the Republic of China
1948 - 1992

in Nanking	Jeong Hwan-beom (envoy) 1948 - 49 Shin Suk-woo 1949 - 50

in Taipei	Shin Suk-woo 1949 - 50 Lee Beom-seok 1950 - 51 Kim Hong-il 1951 - 60 Paik Sun-yup 1960 - 61 Choi Yong-duk 1961 - 62 Kim Shin 1962 - 70 Kim Gye-won 1971 - 78 Ock Man-ho 1978 - 81 Kim Chong-kon 1981 - 85 Kim Sang-tae 1985 - 88 Han Chul-soo 1988 - 91 Park Noh-young 1991 - 92

Ambassadors to the People's Republic of China
1992 - present

Roh Jae-won 1992 - 93
Hwang Byung-tae 1993 - 95
Jung Jong-wook 1996 - 98
Kwon Byung-hyun 1998 - 2000
Hong Soon-young 2000 - 01
Kim Ha-jong 2001 - 08
Shin Jung-seung 2008 - 09
Yu Woo-ik 2010 - 11
Lee Kyu-hyung 2011 - 13
Kwon Yong-se 2013 - 15
Kim Jang-soo 2015 - present

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