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{{Short description|South Korean historian (born 1953)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| native_name         = {{nobold|정현백}}
| office              = [[Ministry of Gender Equality and Family|Minister of Gender Equality and Family]]
| president           = [[Moon Jae-in]]
| primeminister       = [[Lee Nak-yeon]]
| termstart           = 7 July 2017
| termend             = 21 September 2018
| successor           = [[Jin Sun-mee]]
| alma_mater          = [[Seoul National University]]<br>[[Ruhr University Bochum]]
| birth_place         = [[Busan]], South Korea
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1953|04|09|df=y}}
| party               = independent
}}
{{family name hatnote|Chung||lang=Korean}}
'''Chung Hyun-back''' ({{Korean|hangul=정현백|hanja=鄭鉉柏}}; born 9 April 1953) is a South Korean emeritus professor of history at [[Sungkyunkwan University]]<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ko:교수진 - 퇴임교수 게시판읽기(정현백) {{!}} 사학과|url=https://skb.skku.edu/history/faculty/retired_faculty.do|website=skb.skku.edu|language=ko|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref> previously served as President [[Moon Jae-in]]'s first [[Ministry of Gender Equality and Family|Minister of Gender Equality and Family]].
Before entering politics in 2017, she had dedicated her career in academia and civil societies.
Chung first joined [[Kyonggi University]]'s faculty as its assistant professor in 1984. In 1986 she moved to [[Sungkyunkwan University]] department of history as its associate professor and was later promoted to its professor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|script-title=ko:정현백 :: 네이버 인물검색|url=https://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&sm=tab_ppn&query=%EC%A0%95%ED%98%84%EB%B0%B1&os=115190&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService|website=people.search.naver.com|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref>
Also, Chung was the co-head of two large NGOs in Korea, the Korean Women's Association United and [[People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hyun Back|url=http://www.jejuforum.or.kr/_speakers_pop.php?idx=1075|website=www.jejuforum.or.kr|language=ko|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref> and also led NGOs for Inter-Korean relations - Civil Peace Forum and Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation.<ref name=":0" />
She holds three degrees in history-related subjects - a bachelor in history education and a master's in Western history from [[Seoul National University]] and a doctorate in German history from [[Ruhr University Bochum]].<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ko:[프로필]정현백 여성가족부 장관 후보자|url=https://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=03011046615961392&mediaCodeNo=257|date=2017-06-13|website={{ill|Edaily|ko|이데일리}}|language=ko|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref>
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[[Category:Women government ministers of South Korea]]
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[[Category:South Korean women's rights activists]]