Pak Ui-chun
Pak Ui-chun | |
|---|---|
| 박의춘 | |
Pak in 2008. | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| 12th term | |
| In office 2007 – 9 April 2014 | |
| Chairman | Kim Jong-il Kim Jong-un |
| Premier | Pak Pong-ju Choe Yong-rim Kim Yong-il |
| Preceded by | Kang Sok-ju (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Ri Su-yong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1932 South Hamgyong Province, North Korea |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 박의춘 |
| Hanja | 朴義春 |
| RR | Bak Uichun |
| MR | Pak Ŭich'un |
Pak Ui-chun (Korean pronunciation: [pa.ɡi.tsʰun] or [pak̚] [ɰi.tsʰun]; born 15 August 1932) is a North Korean diplomat and politician. He was the minister for foreign affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and was replaced by Ri Su-yong following the 2014 North Korean parliamentary election.
Pak began his diplomatic career in 1972, and went on to serve as ambassador of North Korea to Algeria, Syria and Lebanon. From 1989 to 2007, he served as ambassador to Russia, before being appointed Foreign Affairs Minister upon the death in office of his predecessor Paek Nam-sun.