Cho Hyun (Korean: 조현; Hanja: 趙顯; born 30 November 1957) is a South Korean diplomat and government minister who has served as the minister of foreign affairs since July 2025.
Education Cho studied at Columbia University, Sciences Po Paris and Toulouse Capitole University. He is fluent in French and English.
Diplomatic career Cho served as the Permanent representative of South Korea to the United Nations from 2019 to 2022. Previously serving as Ambassador to Austria and the IAEA from 2011 to 2014 and India from 2015 to 2017 and was the lead negotiator in the ROK-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement in 2010.
Cho served as vice minister of foreign affairs from 2017 to 2019 under the Moon Jae-in government.
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