Cho Hyun-ok | |
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조현옥 | |
South Korean Ambassador to Germany | |
Assumed office 5 November 2020 | |
President | Moon Jae-in |
Preceded by | Chung Beom-koo |
Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs | |
In office 11 May 2017 – 28 May 2019 | |
President | Moon Jae-in |
Succeeded by | Kim Oe-sook |
Personal details | |
Born | Seoul, South Korea | 21 September 1956
Alma mater | Ewha Womans University Heidelberg University |
Cho Hyun-ok (Korean: 조현옥; Hanja: 趙顯玉; born 21 September 1956), also known as Cho Hyun-ock,[1] is a South Korean politician previously served as President Moon Jae-in's first Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs - the first woman to assume such post - [2] and currently serving as his ambassador to Germany from 2020.[3]
After working at research institutes and civil societies, Cho joined the office of Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs under then-President Roh Moo-hyun. She later joined Park Won-soon-led Seoul Metropolitan Government as its director of Women and Family Policy Affairs Office.[4]
Cho previously worked with Moon during his 2017 presidential campaign as its vice chair of gender equality committee.[4] After serving as his first Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs from 2017 to 2019, Cho was appointed as his second ambassador to Germany in November 2020.[5][6]
Cho holds three degrees in politics - a bachelor and a master's from Ewha Womans University and a doctorate from Heidelberg University.[7]