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People awarded honorary citizenship of Seoul, South Korea are:

Honorary citizens of Seoul

Listed by date of award:

Date Name Notes
1999 Jackie Chan (7 April 1954–) Hong Kong movie star[1]
2002 Guus Hiddink (8 November 1946–) Dutch football manager[1]
2005 Christopher R. Hill (10 August 1952–) United States Ambassador to South Korea (2004–2005)[2]
2006 Hines Ward (8 March 1976–) American football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1998-2011)[1]
6 May 2006 hieromonk Theophanes (Kim) (January 19, 1976–) Member of the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church[3][4]
2014 Michael J. Sandel Author of JUSTICE and professor at Harvard University[1]
2017 Sidra (Riaz) (November 4, 1990-) Pakistani AI-Engineer (Ph.D. in Computer Science)
2018 Thomas Bach President of the International Olympic Committee[1]
8 February 2018 Andrzej Duda President of Poland
12 December 2018 Rosy Senanayake (5 January 1958–) Mayor of Colombo[5]
18 July 2019 Reuven Rivlin (9 September 1939–) President of Israel [6]
10 August 2019 Rev. Dr. Bernice King (28 March 1963–) Youngest Child of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [7]
30 September 2019 Mihhail Kõlvart Mayor of Tallinn, Estonia.[8]
13 November 2019 Alfred Harth composer, musician and artist[9]

As of 2019, there are a total of 823 honorary citizens.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Honorary Citizens Day - Seoul honorary citizens |". 서울시 영문. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Honorary Citizens Day - Seoul honorary citizens | Seoul Metropolitan Government". english.seoul.go.kr. Archived from the original on 2016-09-05. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  3. ^ "SUMMARY: Archimandrite Feofan (Kim) will be the first Korean bishop of the ROC". orthodox.cn. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  4. ^ "Священник Русской Православной Церкви стал почетным гражданином Сеула". www.pravoslavie.ru. 6 March 2006. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
  5. ^ "Honorary Seoul citizen". koreatimes. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  6. ^ "Israeli president awarded honorary citizenship of Seoul". 18 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Bernice King Honored as Citizen of Seoul as King Center Hosts International Expo". 13 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Seoul Bestows Honorary Citizenship of Seoul to Mayor of Tallinn, Estonia -". 4 October 2019.
  9. ^ https://www.facebook.com/GermanEmbassySeoul/posts/2515359428578361?__xts__[0]=68.ARDH-AfxZqH8hcOzN7p28q7IxEPXZRUCjA6br8wb-aKvo23eb1DB2K7tHgpOrVLXSugPxriT3Kwf0dNhqLlY9IrLdIyUo8HqeuwrKz0tjgxssHNY-9dth7pMtF8xbf8VzN5xcAf64nTF56IE1DSnOutBCM5J41UIKCX99vHH4CSwFTCP50HZbyDzpN6RlILI9BDIl_3IHGqyzCti-EZX9jGmxhgL-bfpY77k1cBek1Tj4bDV35-WVkyNk7ZD6T80RnEU9MSv_jn2MdleN7wmAkNZe6B8sM5EX0Kgn3xyqVOhQxIP3laFHjRkDkzfvtd8SVEgzV7WjrsMkbjqIYMBi5fIgw&__tn__=-R [user-generated source]
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