Won In-choul[1] (Korean: 원인철; Hanja: 元仁哲; born 1 January 1961), is a former South Korean Air Force General who served as its Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) from 2020 to 2022 under President Moon Jae-in.
[1][4] Won was born at Wonju and finished high school at the Seoul Jungkyung High School, where he graduated in 1979 and entered the Korea Air Force Academy in 1980 and graduated at the academy as part of the Class 32 in 1984.
He entered the Squadron Officer School in 1990 at the Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama.
He also studied at the Hannam University, where he earned his Master of Arts Degree in National Security & Defense Policy in 2006.
[5] He officially took helm as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on September 23, 2020, replacing General Park Han-ki.