the Honorable Consul General of the Republic of Korea, Chul Huh
2012 Sejong Cultural Society Benefit Dinner Event
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2012 Benefit Dinner for the Sejong Cultural Society
February 25, 2012
Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace, IL, USA
Keynote Speech
"Culture as a Driving Force of Korea's Progress"
Honorable Chul Huh,
Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Chicago
Ambassador Chul Huh arrived in Chicago in March 2010.
Before he was appointed as the Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Chicago, he served as Director-General & Ambassador for Korea Peninsula Peace Regime for two years.
He has served as Director of North America Division III as well as Director of Consular Division. He was also Advisor to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 2003 and Principal Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1997.
Ambassador Huh served twice as Assistant Secretary to the President for Foreign Affairs, in 1996 under then-President Kim Young-sam and in 1998 under then-President Kim Dae-jung.
His overseas missions included posts such as the United Arab Emirates, the United Nations, India, the United States of America, and the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union.
After working at a petroleum company for two years, he left and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1981.
Ambassador Huh graduated from Yonsei University with a B.A. in Economics and received his M.A.L.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
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