Ban Ki-moon
Korean name
Hangul:	반기문
Hanja:	潘基文
Revised Romanization:	Ban Gi-mun
McCune-Reischauer:	Pan Ki-mun

Ban Ki-moon (b. June 13, 1944) is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea. He was appointed to the position in January 2004. The Korean language (한국어 / 조선어) is the most widely used language in Korea, and is the official language of both North and South Korea. ... Hangul (한글) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (lit. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Ban received his bachelor's degree in international relations from Seoul National University in 1970, and joined the diplomatic corps in the same year. His first oversees posting was as a vice consul to the mission in New Delhi, in 1972. He received a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University in 1985. International relations (IR) is an academic and public policy field, a branch of political science, dealing with the foreign policy of states within the international system, including the roles of international organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and multinational corporations (MNCs). ... Seoul National University is a major university whose main campus is located in Seoul, South Korea. ... This article is about the city which is the capital of India. ... Public administration is, broadly speaking, the implementation of policy within a state framework. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ...

See also

• Foreign relations of South Korea
• Politics of South Korea
• List of Koreans
• List of Korea-related topics

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External links

• Official biography