The Peaceful Unification Advisory Council

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The Chairperson can appoint up to 25 vice-chairpersons, including the executive vice-chairperson, taking regional and professional representation into account.

The executive vice-chairperson is the acting chairperson of the Council and assumes the role of chairperson for the Executive and Central Committees.

Other vice-chairpersons represent the 17 cities and provinces of South Korea, 5 North Korean provinces, overseas provincial assemblies (Japan, China, Asia-Pacific, Americas, Europe·Middle East·Africa) and women.

Profile of the

Executive Vice-chairperson


of the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council (PUAC)

Executive ViceChairperson

Kim Kwan-yong

Year of Birth
1942
Education
  • Dr. (h.c.) of Public Administration, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
  • College of Business & Economics,Yeungnam University
  • Daegu College of Education

Employment history

Employment history
2022.10. ~ Executive Vice-chairperson of Peaceful Unification Advisory Council (PUAC)
2019 ~ 2020 Chairman of the National Advisory Committee of the Liberty Korea Party and the United Future Party
2018 ~ Visiting Professor, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
2017 ~ 2019 President, Central Region Policy Council
2017 Candidate for the Liberty Korea Party presidential nomination
Standing advisor for the Saenuri Party Emergency Leadership Committee
2016 Co-President of the ‘Conservative Union for Innovation and Integration’ for the Saenuri Party
2016 ~ 2018 President of Gyeongsangbuk-do Sports Council
2014 Cultural policy advisor of Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia
2012 ~ 2013, 2017 ~ 2018 President of the Governors Association of the Republic of Korea (GAROK)
2006 ~ 2018 Governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do
1999 Co-Chairman of the National Association of Mayors of Korea (N.A.M.K.)
1995 ~ 2006 Mayor of Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
1971 Passed the 10th civil service exam

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