Background
CHOI, KYU-HAH was born on July 16, 1919 in Wonju City, Kangwon-do.
CHOI, KYU-HAH was born on July 16, 1919 in Wonju City, Kangwon-do.
Kyung Gi High School, Seoul, Tokyo College, of Education, Japan and National Daedong Institute, Manchuria.
Director Economics Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1951-1952. Consul-General Korean Mission, Japan 1952-1957, Minister 1959. Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs 1959-1960.
Ambassador to Malaysia 1964-1967.
Minister of Foreign Affairs 1967-1971. Special President Assistant for Foreign Affairs 1971-1975.
Acting Prime Minister 1975-1976. Prime Minister 1976-1979.
Acting President October-December 1979, President 1979-1980.
Chief Korean delegation to United Nations General Assembly, 1967, 1968, 1969. Delegation to numerous international conferences since 1955. Honorary Doctor of Letters (Hankook University of Foreign Studies, Seoul).
Decorations from Ethiopia, Panama, El Salvador, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Belgium.
Married Kee Hong in 1936.