Education
Graduated, Seoul High School
Bachelor of Science, (28th Graduating Class).
金寬鎭
Graduated, Seoul High School
Bachelor of Science, (28th Graduating Class).
He was previously the 33rd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the South Korean armed forces and the Minister of National Defense. He was promoted to four-star general and assumed command of Third Republic of Korea Army in 2005. In 2006, he became the 33rd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replacing General Lee Sang-hee.
On March 28, 2008, he was replaced by General Kim Tae-young.
Following incidents of the bombardment of Yeonpyeong, he was selected to replace Kim Tae-young as a new National Defense Minister of the Republic of of Korea on November 26, 2010. After the end of President Lee Myung-bak"s term in office in February 2013, incoming President Park Geun-hye decided to retain Kim in his post of Defense Minister after Park"s nominee Kim Byung-kwan was forced to resign under pressure over a series of alleged ethical lapses and North of Korea"s repeated war threats.