Chung Il-kwon

General Chung Il-kwon (Korean: 정일권;hanja: 丁一權, November 21, 1917 – January 17, 1994) was a South Korean politician and solder, ambassador, and General during the Korean War. His penname was Chungsa (Korean: 청사).

Chung was Foreign Minister 1963 to 1964, and Prime Minister of South Korea from 1964 to 1970. He was the Republic of Korea Ambassador to USA from 1960-1961 and 1962-1963. He was one of allies of President Park Chung-hee (Korean: 박정희).

Life


Chung graduated from the Tokyo Military Academy in 1940, then joined the Imperial Japanese Army and served in China. Following the Japanese surrender, he served with the Chinese nationalist army.

He led the South Korean Army for much of the Korean War, including the important UN Battle of Inchon in 1950. After retiring in 1957, he served as South Korea's Prime Minister and as the South Korean ambassador to the United States and France.

In 1957, Chung was a Republic of Korea Ambassador to Turkey. In 1960, an Ambassador to France, then Republic of Korea Ambassador to U.S.A. from 1960-1961 and 1962-1963. In 1963 he became the Foreign Minister until 1964 and the Prime minister of South Korea until 1970.

Works

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