Ambassador Cho Hyun is the former Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations. He also served as First Vice Minister (2018-2019) and Second Vice Minister (2017-2018) of Foreign Affairs. His previous posts include, among others, Ambassador to India (2015-2017), Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna (2011-2014), and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN (2006-2008). Ambassador Cho received a PhD in international politics from the University of Toulouse, France, in 2008, and holds MA degrees from the School of Political Science of Paris and Columbia University.