Mun Jong-nam
Mun Jong-nam | |
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North Korea Ambassador to Syria | |
Assumed office 30 May 2018 | |
Leader | Kim Jong-un |
North Korea Ambassador to Italy | |
In office 28 August 2017 – 1 October 2017 | |
Leader | Kim Jong-un |
Personal details | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Korean name | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 문정남[1] |
Revised Romanization | Mun Jeong-nam |
McCune–Reischauer | Mun Chŏng-nam |
Mun Jong-nam is a North Korean diplomat and official, currently serving as North Korea’s Ambassador to Syria. He has served abroad in Thailand, Italy and Syria.
Career[]
Mun Jong-nam is a long-time foreign ministry official.[2] He served in the international organization bureau at the North Korean foreign ministry.[3] He has also served as an official in the World Food Programme National Coordination Committee at Pyongyang.[4]
Mun has served in North Korea's embassy in Thailand.[3]
In July 2017 Mun was nominated to be the new ambassador to Rome, after the post had been vacant for over a year according to South Korean sources.[2] His predecessor had died of liver cancer.[3] However, Italy demanded on 1 October as a retaliation for North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile tests that he should leave the country. Mun had started working in Italy but had not finished the accreditation process.[2] Italy had earlier approved his nomination.[5] Mun had been in Rome for about a month, as he had assumed the post on 28 August.[6][5]
Mun is the current North Korean ambassador to Syria.[7][8] He presented his credentials on 30 May 2018 in Damascus.[9] During the ceremony, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is said by KCNA to have proclaimed that he will visit North Korea and meet with leader Kim Jong-un.[7][8][9]
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References[]
- ^ 수리아주재 조선대사 문정남 임명 (in Korean). Pyongyang. Korean Central News Agency. 3 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "Italy orders North Korea ambassador home over missiles". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ a b c "New N.K. envoy to take office in Italy after long vacancy". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "VERIFICATION OF THE ADOPTED DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS". World Food Programme. June 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Italy becomes latest country to expel North Korean ambassador". The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ Fifield, Anna (1 October 2017). "Italy becomes fifth country to expel North Korean ambassador". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Syria's Assad to become first head of state to meet Kim Jong-un in North Korea: KCNA". The Times of India. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Syria's Bashar al-Assad to visit North Korea". Al Jazeera. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Syrian president to visit DPRK: KCNA". Xinhua. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- Living people
- Ambassadors of North Korea to Syria
- North Korean diplomats