Oh Youngju

• Position

  2nd Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs

• Education

  • Jun. 1995 Master of Pacific International Affairs, University of California, San Diego, U.S.A.
  • Feb. 1986 B.A. in Political Science and International Studies, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

• Career

  • Jul. 20232nd Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Oct. 2022Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
  • Mar. 2022Senior Staff, Subcommittee on Foreign and National Security, The 20th Presidential Transition Committee
  • Jan. 2020President of the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security, KNDA, MOFA
  • Nov. 2018Professor, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA), MOFA
  • Sep. 2017Acting Deputy Minister for Multilateral and Global Affairs, MOFA
  • Jun. 2017Special Advisor to the Minister, MOFA
  • Aug. 2015Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative, Korean Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, U.S.A.
  • May. 2013Director-General for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
  • Apr. 2012Deputy Director-General for Development Cooperation, MOFAT
  • May. 2011Director-General, Nuclear Security Summit Preparatory Secretariat
  • Jul. 2007Counsellor, Korean Embassy in the People's Republic of China
  • Dec. 2005Director, United Nations Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT)
  • Jun. 2000Consul, Korean Consulate General in Fukuoka, Japan
  • Dec. 1997First Secretary, Korean Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, U.S.A.
  • Jun. 1988Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
    
  • Apr. 1988Passed High Diplomatic Service Examination

• Awards

  • Dec. 2012Order of Service Merit (Red Stripes)
  • Dec. 2005Presidential Citation