- NAME: CHANG, Won Sam
- DATE OF BIRTH: Nov. 11, 1959
- NATIONALITY: Republic of Korea
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- EDUCATION :
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Feb. 1982 B.A. in Law, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Feb. 1984 Master of Law, Seoul National University, Seoul. Korea
Career
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- May. 1981
- Passed High Diplomatic Service Examination
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- Jul. 1984
- Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
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- Jan. 1990
- Second Secretary, Korean Embassy in the United States of America
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- Nov. 1992
- First Secretary, Korean Embassy in the People's Republic of Bangladesh
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- Jun. 1998
- First Secretary, Korean Embassy in Japan
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- Jan. 2001
- Director, Trade Policy Planning Division, Multilateral Trade Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT)
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- Jan. 2002
- Director, Asia-Pacific Trade Division, Bilateral Trade Bureau, MOFAT
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- Jul. 2003
- Counsellor, Korean Embassy in the People's Republic of China
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- Feb. 2006
- Senior Assistant Secretary, Office of the President
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- Jan. 2007
- Senior Coordinator for Bilateral Trade, MOFAT
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- Jul. 2008
- Director-General for Human Resources, MOFAT
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- Dec. 2009
- Director-General for Northeast Asian Affairs, MOFAT
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- Sep. 2011
- Visiting Scholar at China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China
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- Aug. 2012
- Minister, Korean Embassy in the People's Republic of China
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- Apr. 2014
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
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- Dec. 2017
- Ambassador, ROK-US Defense Burden-sharing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
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- Nov. 2019
- Consul-General, Korean Consulate General in New York, U.S.A.
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- Dec. 2021
- Secretary-General, Northeast Asian History Foundation, Seoul, Korea
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- Jul. 2023
- President, Korea International Cooperation Agency, Gyeonggi-do, Korea