The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs () is a position within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that assists the Minister and holds the rank next to the Minister.
Since the organizational restructuring in 2005, it has been organized under a multiple vice minister system. The First Vice Minister is in charge of bilateral diplomacy, and the Second Vice Minister is in charge of multilateral diplomacy.
List of vice ministers of foreign affairs (1948-1998) Government Name Term of Office First Republic 1 Ko Chang-il August 9, 1948 – February 3, 1949 2 Cho Jung-hwan March 7, 1949 – July 7, 1951 3 Park Am July 10, 1951 – August 1951 4 Gal Hong-gi February 1952 – October 1952 5 Cho Jung-hwan October 1952 – July 29, 1955 6 Kim Dong-jo May 3, 1957 – September 12, 19597 Choi Kyu-hah September 12, 1959 – May 11, 1960 Heo Jeong Cabinet 8 Lee Soo-young May 11, 1960 – August 23, 1960 Second Republic 9 Woo Hee-chang August 23, 1960 – January 30, 1961 9 Kim Yong-shik August 30, 1960 – May 10, 1961 10 Kim Jae-soon January 30, 1961 – May 3, 1961 10 Lee Soo-young June 16, 1961 – July 7, 1961 11 Park Dong-jin July 7, 1961 – October 11, 1961 12 Lee Won-kyung October 11, 1961 – August 28, 1962 13 Choi Moon-kyung August 28, 1962 – December 17, 1963 Third Republic 14 Jung Il-young December 17, 1963 – October 19, 1964 15 Moon Deok-joo October 19, 1964 – October 22, 1965 16 Kim Young-joo October 22, 1965 – September 22, 1967 17 Jin Pil-sik September 22, 1967 – December 8, 1969 18 Yoon Seok-heon December 8, 1969 – February 4, 1974 Fourth Republic 19 Roh Shin-young February 11, 1974 – March 9, 1976 20 Yoon Ha-jung March 9, 1976 – May 27, 1978 21 Lee Min-yong May 27, 1978 – May 26, 1980 22 Kim Dong-hwi May 26, 1980 – May 24, 1982 Fifth Republic 23 Roh Jae-won May 24, 1982 – March 3, 1984 24 Lee Sang-ok March 3, 1984 – September 5, 1986 25 Oh Jae-hee September 5, 1986 – September 5, 1987 26 Park Ssang-yong September 5, 1987 – March 4, 1988 Roh Tae-woo Government 27 Shin Dong-won March 5, 1988 – December 29, 1989 28 Yoo Chong-ha December 29, 1989 – February 27, 1992 29 Roh Chang-hee February 27, 1992 – March 3, 1993 Kim Young-sam Government 30 Hong Soon-young March 4, 1993 – May 23, 1994 31 Park Geon-woo May 23, 1994 – January 17, 1995 32 Lee Si-young January 20, 1995 – December 23, 1995 33 Lee Ki-joo December 23, 1995 – March 3, 1998
List of vice ministers of foreign affairs and trade (1998-2013) Vice Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Trade President Name Term of Office Kim Dae-jung 1 Sun Joon-young March 8, 1998 – January 27, 2000 2 Ban Ki-moon January 27, 2000 – April 1, 2001 3 Choi Sung-hong April 1, 2001 – February 3, 2002 4 Kim Hang-kyung February 4, 2002 – March 3, 2003 Roh Moo-hyun 5 Kim Jae-seob March 3, 2003 – January 28, 2004 6 Choi Young-jin January 28, 2004 – December 27, 2004 7 Lee Tae-sik December 27, 2004 – July 22, 2005
First Vice Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Trade President Name Term of Office Roh Moo-hyun 8 Lee Tae-sik July 22, 2005 – September 29, 2005 9 Yu Myung-hwan September 29, 2005 – December 1, 2006 10 Cho Joong-pyo December 1, 2006 – February 29, 2008 Lee Myung-bak 11 Kwon Jong-rak February 29, 2008 – November 13, 2009 12 Shin Kak-soo November 14, 2009 – February 8, 2011 13 Park Suk-hwan February 9, 2011 – March 2, 2012 14 Ahn Ho-young March 2, 2012 – March 13, 2013
Second Vice Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Trade President Name Term of Office Roh Moo-hyun 8 Yu Myung-hwan August 1, 2005 – September 29, 2005 9 Lee Kyu-hyung September 29, 2005 – November 30, 2006 10 Kim Ho-young December 1, 2006 – February 29, 2008 Lee Myung-bak 11 Kim Sung-hwan February 29, 2008 – June 30, 2008 12 Shin Kak-soo July 1, 2008 – November 14, 2009 13 Chun Yung-woo November 14, 2009 – October 26, 2010 14 Min Dong-seok October 27, 2010 – March 2, 2012 15 Kim Sung-han March 2, 2012 – March 13, 2013
List of vice ministers of foreign affairs (2013-present) First Vice Ministers of Foreign Affairs President Name Term of Office Park Geun-hye 1 Kim Kyou-hyun March 13, 2013 – February 4, 2014 Acting Lee Kyung-soo February 5, 2014 – February 26, 2014 2 Cho Tae-yong February 27, 2014 – October 20, 2015 3 Lim Sung-nam October 21, 2015 – September 27, 2018 Moon Jae-in 4 Cho Hyun September 28, 2018 – May 23, 2019 5 Cho Sei-young May 23, 2019 – August 14, 2020 6 Choi Jong-kun August 18, 2020 – May 9, 2022 Yoon Suk Yeol 7 Cho Hyun-dong May 10, 2022 – April 13, 2023 8 Jang Ho-jin April 14, 2023 – December 31, 2023 9 Kim Hong-kyun January 1, 2024 – June 10, 2025 Lee Jae-myung 10 Park Yoon-joo June 11, 2025 – Present
Second Vice Ministers of Foreign Affairs President Name Term of Office Park Geun-hye 1 Cho Tae-yul March 13, 2013 – November 17, 2016 2 Ahn Chong-ghee November 18, 2016 – May 31, 2017 Moon Jae-in 3 Cho Hyun June 1, 2017 – September 27, 2018 4 Lee Tae-ho September 28, 2018 – December 24, 2020 5 Choi Jong-moon December 25, 2020 – May 9, 2022 Yoon Suk Yeol 6 Lee Do-hoon May 10, 2022 – July 2, 2023 7 Oh Young-joo July 3, 2023 – December 28, 2023 8 Kang In-sun January 10, 2024 – June 10, 2025 Lee Jae-myung 9 Kim Jina June 11, 2025 – Present
References
External links Vice Ministers Speeches & Published Materials | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea