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{{Short description|South Korean politician (born 1956)}}
{{for|the general of Joseon dynasty|Bak Jin}}
{{family name hatnote|Park||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Park Jin
| native_name         = {{nobold|박진}}
| honorific_suffix    = [[Member of parliament|MP]] [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]]
| office              = 40th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (South Korea)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
| president           = [[Yoon Suk Yeol]]
| primeminister       = [[Han Duck-soo]]
| term_start          = 12 May 2022
| term_end            = 10 January 2024
| predecessor         = [[Chung Eui-yong]]
| successor           = [[Cho Tae-yul]]
| office1             = Member of the [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly]]
| term_start1         = 30 May 2020
| term_end1           = 29 May 2024
| predecessor1        = [[Jeon Hyun-hee]]
| successor1          = Park Soo-min
| constituency1       = [[Gangnam District|Gangnam B]]
| term_start2         = 9 August 2002
| term_end2           = 29 May 2012
| predecessor2        = [[Roh Moo-hyun]]<br><del>Chung In-bong</del>
| successor2          = [[Chung Sye-kyun]]
| constituency2       = [[Jongno (constituency)|Jongno]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1956|9|16|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Seoul]], [[First Republic of Korea|South Korea]]
| party               = [[People Power Party (South Korea)|People Power Party]]
| alma_mater          = [[Seoul National University]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])<br />[[Harvard University]] ([[Master of Public Administration|MPA]])<br />[[University of Oxford]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|DPhil]])<br />[[New York University]] ([[Master of Laws|LLM]])
| allegiance          = {{flagdeco|South Korea}} South Korea
| branch              = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the Republic of Korea Navy.svg|size=23px}} [[Republic of Korea Navy]]
| serviceyears        = 1980–1983
| rank                = [[File:SouthKorea-Navy-OF-1b.svg|25px]] [[Jungwi|Lieutenant JG (Korean: Jungwi)]]
| image               = Secretary Blinken Meets With Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin (52667046916) (cropped) (cropped).jpg
| module              = {{Infobox Korean name
|hangul = 박진
|hanja  = 朴振
|rr     = Bak Jin
|mr     = Pak Chin
| child  = yes}}
| caption             = Park in 2023
}}
'''Park Jin''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/jin-park-0 |title=JIN PARK |publisher= Wilson Center |date= |access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref> ({{korean|박진}}; born 16 September 1956) is a South Korean diplomat and politician. He is a four-term member of the [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly]] and served as the 40th Foreign Minister.
As foreign minister, Park presided over South Korea's controversial support for [[Israel]] and [[Azerbaijan]] during the [[Israel–Hamas war|Israel–Hamas War]] and [[2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh|2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno–Karabakh]] respectively, as both countries were accused of genocide and ethnic cleansing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=㈜플랜아이 |script-title=ko:[전문가오피니언] 이스라엘-하마스 전쟁에 대한 서방의 반응과 한국에의 함의 |url=https://www.kiep.go.kr/aif/issueDetail.es?brdctsNo=357852&mid=a10200000000&search_option=&search_keyword=&search_year=&search_month=&search_tagkeyword=&systemcode=05&search_region=&search_area=&currentPage=1&pageCnt=10 |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=EMERiCs 신흥지역정보 종합지식포탈 |language=ko}}</ref>
==Biography==
[[File:Minister Hoekstra receives his South Korean counterpart Minister Park Jin 02.jpg|thumb|left|Minister Park met Dutch foreign minister [[Wopke Hoekstra]].]]
Park passed the 11th Foreign Affairs Examination in 1977 and served as a [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (South Korea)]] Officer in 1978. From 1980 to 1983, he served as a naval officer through a course of naval cadets. He was selected for the seventh term of state-funded international studies in 1983 and earned a master's degree in public administration at [[Harvard Kennedy School]] in 1985 and a Ph.D. in political science at [[Oxford University]] in 1993.
Since 1993, he has served as an overseas press secretary and political secretary at the presidential secretariat of the [[Kim Young-sam]] administration. Since 2002, he has served as the 16th and 17th lawmakers of Jongno-gu, Seoul, and served as the chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee, taking the lead in ratifying the [[United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement]] and passing the [[North Korean Human Rights Act]].
In 2008, he visited the U.S. as the head of the Korea-U.S. Congressional Diplomatic Association and met [[Joe Biden]], then chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|Senate Foreign Relations Committee]].
In 2020, he moved to Gangnam-gu B, Seoul, and was elected to the 21st [[National Assembly (South Korea)]]. In May 2022, he was appointed [[Foreign Minister]] of the [[Yoon Suk-yeol]] government.
==Career==
{{Prose|date=September 2023}}
* May 2022 [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (South Korea)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]
* Apr. 2022 Head of the ROK-US Policy Consultation Delegation, 20th Presidential Transition Committee
* Jan. 2022 – Mar. 2022 Chairman of the Global Vision Committee, 20th Presidential Election Headquarters, [[People Power Party (South Korea)]]
* Sep. 2020 – Co- President of the Parliamentary Diplomacy Forum on the United States, 21st [[National Assembly (South Korea)]]
* Jul. 2020 – Co- Chairman of the Future Policy Research Association, 21st [[National Assembly (South Korea)]]
* Jul. 2020 – Chairman of the Global Diplomacy and Security Forum, 21st [[National Assembly (South Korea)]]
* Jul. 2020 Member, Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, 21st [[National Assembly (South Korea)]]
* Jun. 2020 Chairman of the Special Committee on Diplomacy & Security, [[People Power Party (South Korea)]]
* May 2020 – Member of the 21st [[National Assembly (South Korea)]] (Gangnam 2nd District)
* Feb. 2017 – Feb. 2020 Chairman, Korea-America Association
* 2014 – Global Fellow, [[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars]]
* Mar. 2013 – May 2020 Endowed Chair Professor, Graduate School of International and Area Studies, [[Hankuk University of Foreign Studies]]
* Aug. 2008 – Aug. 2010 Chairman, Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Unification Committee, 18th [[National Assembly (South Korea)]]
* May 2008 – May 2012 Member of the 18th [[National Assembly (South Korea)]] (Jongno District)
* Dec. 2007 – Feb. 2008 Head of the Foreign Affairs, Unification, and Security Subcommittee,17th Presidential Transition Committee
* Sep. 2007 – Jun. 2008 Chairman of the International Committee, Grand National Party
* Jul. 2004 – Feb. 2005 Chairman of the International Committee, Grand National Party
* May 2004 – May 2008 Member of the 17th [[National Assembly (South Korea)]] (Jongno District)
* 2004–2017 President, Korea Britain Society
* Aug. 2002 – May 2004 Member of the 16th [[National Assembly (South Korea)]] (Jongno District)
* Mar. 1999 – Feb. 2002 Research Professor, Institute of East and West Studies, [[Yonsei University]]
* Jul. 1996 – Mar. 1998 Presidential Secretary for Political Affairs, Office of the President
* May 1993 –  Jul. 1996 Presidential Press Secretary, Office of the President
* 1990–1993 Lecturer in Politics, [[University of Newcastle upon Tyne]]
* 1989–1990 MacArthur Foundation Fellow, [[King's College London]]
* 1987–1988 Japan Foundation Fellow, [[University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus]]
* Nov. 1977 – Mar. 1978 [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (South Korea)]]
* Aug. 1977 – Passed the Foreign Service Examination
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