Full Name Kim Kwan-jin Rank General Nationality South Korean Name Kim Kwan-jin | Awards Legion of Merit Parents Kim Yeong-mun Allegiance South Korea | |
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General secretary Lee Myung Bak
Park Geun-hye Born August 27, 1949 (age 74) ( 1949-08-27 ) Alma mater Korea Military Academy (B.S.) Education Korea Military Academy (1968–1972) Similar People Han Min‑goo, Lee Myung‑bak, Kim Jong‑un, James D Thurman, Jang Sung‑taek | ||
Service/branch Republic of Korea Army | ||
Kim Kwan-jin (Hangul: 김관진; Hanja: 金寬鎭; born August 27, 1949) is Chief of The National Security Office in South Korea, following his appointment in the year of 2014. He was previously the 33rd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the South Korean armed forces and the Minister of National Defense.
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Kim previously served as Commanding General, 35th Infantry Division (1999–2000), Commanding General, II Corps (2002–2004), and Chief Director, Joint Operations Headquarters, Joint Chiefs of Staff (2004–2005). He was promoted to four-star general and assumed command of Third ROK Army in 2005. In 2006, he became the 33rd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replacing General Lee Sang-hee.
On March 28, 2008, he was replaced by General Kim Tae-young. Following incidents of the bombardment of Yeonpyeong, he was selected to replace Kim Tae-young as a new National Defense Minister of the Republic of Korea on November 26, 2010.
After the end of President Lee Myung-bak's term in office in February 2013, incoming President Park Geun-hye decided to retain Kim in his post of Defense Minister after Park's nominee Kim Byung-kwan was forced to resign under pressure over a series of alleged ethical lapses and North Korea's repeated war threats.