Chung Il-kwon

Chung Il-kwon (Korean: 정일권; hanja: 丁一權, November 21, 1917 – January 17, 1994) was a South Korean politician and military general. He was one of the South Korean army commanders during the Korean War.

He was Foreign Minister from 1963 to 1964, and again from 1966 to 1967, and the Ambassador to the United States from 1960 to 1961 and 1962 to 1963. From 1964 to 1970 he served as the 9th Prime Minister of South Korea. His nickname was Chungsa (청사, 淸史).

Books[change | change source]

War and Ceasefire (전쟁과 휴전)
Chung Il-kwon's memoir (정일권 회고록, 丁一權回顧綠)

Related pages[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

Chung Il-kwon:Republic of Korea National Assembly Archived 2012-12-04 at Archive.today (in Korean)
list of Prime ministrer of South Korea Archived 2012-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Korean)
정 일 권:list of Republic of Korea Ambassador to USA Archived 2012-04-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Korean)

Preceded by Choi Du-sun	Prime Minister of South Korea 1963 - 1970	Succeeded by Baik Du-zin
Preceded by Yang Yu-chan	Republic of Korea Ambassador to USA 1960 - 1961	Succeeded by Chang Li-wook
Preceded by Chang Li-wook	Republic of Korea Ambassador to USA 1962 - 1963	Succeeded by Kim Jeong-ryul
Preceded by Kim Yong-sik	Foreign minister of South Korea 1963 - 1964	Succeeded by Lee Dong-won
Preceded by Lee Dong-won	Foreign minister of South Korea 1966 - 1967	Succeeded by Choi Kyu-ha

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