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  Kim, Un Yong
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AffiliationNational Olympic Committee  
 
NameUn Yong Kim
AddressKorea Olympic Committee 635 Yuksam-dong Kangnam-Ku
Seoul, KR-Seoul 135, International Olympic Committee
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Born March 19, 1931 (94 years)
ContributorGerald Farinas
Last ModifedGerald Farinas
Jan 13, 2004 04:54pm
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InfoUn Yong Kim is a Korean member of the IOC since 1986.

Marital status Married to Dong Sook Park; three children (Jung Hoon, Hyewon and Hae Jung). Education at Yonsei University, Seoul. Speaks Korean, French, English, Spanish, Japanese.

Career Secretary to the Prime Minister; Counsellor to the Korean Mission to the United Nations, Washington and London (1963); United Nations General Assembly delegate (1965); Deputy Director General to the President's Office; Advisory Council Member, Foreign Ministry (1982); member, Seoul Peace Prize Committee (1989); Special envoy of the President of the Republic of Korea (1990); Ambassador at large (1996); member, council of advisers in Korean Unification (1997); co-Chairman of the Nation's Rebuilding Commission (1999); Member of Parliament; Permanent adviser to the President of the Republic of Korea.

Sports administration President of the Korean Taekwondo Association (1971); Vice-President and Secretary General of the NOC (1974-1978), Honorary President (1986) then President (1993-); Vice-President of the Organizing Committees of the Seoul Asian Games (1985) and for the Games of the XXIV Olympiad in Seoul (1988); President of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF); President of the General Association of Sports Federations (GAISF) (1986-); President of the 2002 Pusan Asian Games and of the 1999 Yongyang Winter Asian Games; President of the Korean Sports Council (1993-).

IOC member since 1986; member of the IOC Executive Board (1988-1992; 1997-); IOC Vice-President (1992-1996); Vice-Chairman of the IOC Radio and Television Commission (1987-1988) then Chairman (1989-); member of the following Commissions: Coordination for the Olympic Games, Barcelona 1992 (1989-1992) and Atlanta 1996 (1991-1996), Olympic Movement (1982-1996; 1997), preparation of the XII Olympic Congress (1993-1994), Working Group on Media Coordination (1989-1990), Council of the Olympic Order (1992-1996).


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