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Kim Kwan-jin

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name	Kim Kwan-jin
native_name	김관진
native_name_lang	ko
honorific-suffix	LOM
image	South Korea's Minister of National Defense Kim Kwan-jin makes a point during a joint press conference with Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta in the Pentagon 121024-D-TT977-086.jpg
image_size	220
alt	Kim in October 2012
caption	Kim in October 2012
office	Chief of National Security Council
term_label	In office
term_start	1 July 2014
term_end	21 May 2017
president	Park Geun-hye
Hwang Kyo-ahn (Acting)
Moon Jae-in
predecessor	Kim Jang-soo
successor	Chung Eui-yong
office2	Minister of National Defense
term_start2	4 December 2010
term_end2	30 June 2014
predecessor2	Kim Tae-young
president2	Lee Myung-bak
Park Geun-hye
successor2	Han Min-goo
birth_date
birth_place	Jeonju, South Korea
death_date
nationality	South Korean
otherparty
partner
alma_mater
signature	Kim Kwan-jin signature.svg
allegiance	South Korea
branch
branch_label	Branch
rank	[[File:19.SKA-GEN.svg	25px]] General
awards	[[File:Legion of Merit ribbon.svg	22px	border]] Legion of Merit
module	{{Infobox Korean name/auto
hangul	%김관진
hanja	金寬鎭
child	yes}}

|honorific-prefix = |honorific-suffix = LOM Hwang Kyo-ahn (Acting) Moon Jae-in Park Geun-hye

Kim Kwan-jin (; born August 27, 1949) was Chief of South Korea the National Security Office under President Park Geun-hye, a position to which he was appointed in 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.

Education

Graduated, Seoul High School
Bachelor of Science, Korea Military Academy (28th Graduating Class)

Career

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.

In February 2019, Kim was given a two-and-a-half year prison sentence for attempting to sway public opinion using Cyber Command to support the Park administration.

Honours

2008: Legion of Merit(USA)

References

(November 28, 2010). "S Korea names Kim Kwan-jin, former JCS chief, as new defense minister". Xinhua.
(2019-02-21). "Ex-defense minister gets jail term for political meddling".

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