Ambassador Cho Hyun
Ambassador Cho Hyun is the 26th Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations. Before assuming his current position, he served as First Vice Minister (2018-2019) and Second Vice Minister (2017-2018) of Foreign Affairs. His previous posts include, among others, Ambassador to India (2015-2017), Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna (2011-2014), and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN (2006-2008). Ambassador Cho received a PhD in international politics from the University of Toulouse, France, in 2008, and holds MA degrees from the School of Political Science of Paris and Columbia University.