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Hangul
  
윤광웅

Name
  
Yoon Kwang-ung

McCune–Reischauer
  
Yun Kwang-ung

Hanja
  
尹光雄


Yoon Kwang-ung


Revised Romanization
  
Yun Gwang-ung

Rumsfeld meets SKorean defence minister


Yoon Kwang-ung (born October 13, 1942 in Busan) is a retired Vice Admiral of the Republic of Korea Navy & former South Korean Minister of National Defense. He held the 39th to hold the post, which he entered in July 2004 after being appointed by president Roh Moo-hyun. He graduated from Busan Commercial High School in 1961 and from the ROK Naval Academy in 1966. He served in various positions in the Navy from 1985 to 2000; thereafter, he worked for three years as an advisor to Hyundai Heavy Industries.

Yoon has been awarded various honors, including the US Legion of Merit and the Korean Order of National Security Merit.

References

Yoon Kwang-ung Wikipedia


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