Han Sung-joo

Han Sung-joo (Korean: 한승주; Hanja: 韓昇洲; born September 13, 1940) is a Korean educator, diplomatist, diplomat, and politician.

He was born in Keijō (Seoul), Korea, Empire of Japan on September 13, 1940.

[citation needed] He is a foreign diplomat of South Korea, former foreign minister and ambassador to the United States, and a diplomat who has been a professor since 1978 in the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy at Korea University.

[3][4] From February 1993 to December 1994, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs.

From June 2002 to February 2003 and from March 2007 to January 2008, he served as President of Korea University.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) meets in his Pentagon office with South Korean Ambassador to the United States Han Sung Joo (center) and Maj. Gen. Moon Young Han (left) on Oct. 1, 2004.