Kim Yong-shik

Kim Yong-shik (November 11, 1913 – March 31, 1995) was a Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang, Japanese Korea lawyer and diplomat.

This article is about a diplomat. For the footballer, see Kim Yong-sik.

Kim Yong-shik
President of the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee
In office November 2, 1981 – July 11, 1983
Leader	Juan Antonio Samaranch
Succeeded by	Roh Tae-woo
Personal details
Born	(1913-11-11)11 November 1913 Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, Japanese Korea
Died	31 March 1995(1995-03-31) (aged 81) Seoul, South Korea
Nationality	South Korea
Occupation	Lawyer, politician
Korean name
Hangul	김용식
Hanja	金溶植
Revised Romanization	Gim Yong-sik
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Yongsik

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Personal life

Kim's younger brother was Korean author Kim Yong-ik. He graduated from the Law College of Chuo University in Tokyo in 1937.

Career

He twice served as Foreign Minister of South Korea (in 1962 and from 1971 to 1973) and also held the posts of National Unification Minister (1973–74) and Minister without Portfolio (1963). Kim's diplomatic career began with posts as Consul in Hong Kong and Honolulu, and progressed with assignments as Minister of the South Korean embassies to Japan (1951-1957) and France (May 16, 1957 – September 10, 1958), and then Minister with the Korean mission in Geneva.[1] He then became Ambassador to Great Britain, concurrently to the Scandinavian countries (1961–62), to the Philippines (1962–63), to the United Nations, concurrently Canada (1964–70), and to the United States (1977–81).[2][3] He was also special assistant to the President of the Republic of Korea for Foreign Affairs (1970–71).

Upon his retirement from the foreign service, Kim took the posts of President of the Republic of Korea National Red Cross, Chairman of the Committee for Promotion of Home Visits by Overseas Koreans, Chairman of the Committee for Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of Korean US Relations.

References

1. http://dodis.ch/P37432
2. "駐美大使 柳炳賢씨내정 (Yu Byung-hyun nominated as ambassador to U.S.)". Dong-A Ilbo. 1981-05-15. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
3. "New ambassador chosen by Korea". The Day. 1981-05-21. Retrieved 2013-05-28.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Ham Byeong-chun	Ambassador of South Korea to the United States 1977–1981	Succeeded by Yu Byung-hyun
Sporting positions
Preceded by N/R	President of Organizing Committee for Summer Olympic Games 1981–1983	Succeeded by Roh Tae-woo