Younggoog Park

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Republic of Korea

Deputy Minister Park Younggoog is Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea. He graduated from Seoul National University with a Bachelor of Law and attained a Masters in Legal Institutions at University of Wisconsin Law School, USA.
His government career began in 1989 as Deputy Director at the Ministry of Government Administration. From 1995 to 1997 he served as Consul General in New York. From 1997
to 2007 he worked in various senior roles in government public relations, press liaison, communications and news analysis including the Office of the President. From 2007 he served overseas again, this time as Minister-Counsellor to the embassy in Canada before taking up post as Secretary-General at Korea’s National University of Arts. He has been in the Ministry of Culture since 2012 serving in various areas as Director-General before taking up post as Director-Assistant Minister of Korean Culture and Information Service in 2015. He was appointed Deputy Minister in April.

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Joining as a Trustee is Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies and Assistant Principal for Religion and Society at the University of Edinburgh. She is known internationally as a public intellectual and is a regular commentator in the media.

Dan Mulhall will be joining the board as a Trustee. Dan is a retired Irish diplomat, academic and published author. He is the current Parnell Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge and is a consultant with the global law firm DLA Piper.

Also joining as a Trustee is Professor Gayle McPherson, Professor of Events and Cultural Policy and Director of the Centre for Culture, Sport and Events at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). She is also a member of the European Cultural Parliament.

Joining us as a Trustee is Stephen Gethins, Professor of International Affairs at the University of St Andrews. Prior to that, Stephen was MP for North East Fife, the SNP International affairs spokesperson and was twice selected to sit on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

Joining in the role of Chair is Shonaig Macpherson CBE, an experienced Chair and non-executive director used to working at the most senior levels of government, private, public and third sectors.

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