■ Education
• 1985 | Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University (USA)
• 1970 | Bachelor’s degree in international relations from Seoul National University (South Korea)
■ Honorary Degrees
• Honorary Doctor of University of Maryland (UMCP) (Washington, D.C.)
• Honorary Doctor of Loyola Marymount University (California, U.SA.)
• Honorary Doctor of Law at Cambridge University (England)
• Honorary Doctorate in women’s studies at Ewha Womans University (South Korea)
• Honorary Doctor of Nanjing University (China)
• Honorary Doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (Russia)
• Honorary Doctor of Bordeaux University (France)
• Honorary Doctor of Fairleigh Dickinson University (USA)
• Honorary Doctor Diplomacy at Seoul National University (South Korea)
• Honorary Doctor of National University (Singapore)
■ Professional Background
• 2019-Present | Chair of the Presidential Committee on National Council to deal with Particulate Matter
• 2019-Present | Board Chairman Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future
• 2018-Present | Deputy Chair of the Elders
• 2018-Present |Chair of Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
• 2018-Present | Co-Chair of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens
• 2018-Present | Chair of Boao Forum for Asia
• 2017-Present | Chair of the International Olympic Committee’s Ethics Commission (IOC)
• 2018-current | Chair of Boao Forum for Asia
•2017-Present | Honorary President of Yonsei University’s Global Social Contribution Institute and Ban Ki-moon Center for Sustainable Development, Honorary President
• 2007-2016 | 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 2004-2006 | 33rd Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of South Korea
• 2003-2004 | Foreign Policy Advisor at the Presidential Office
• 2002 | Ambassador to the Foreign Ministry
• 2001-2003 | Chief of Staff to the 56th President of the General Assembly
• 2000- 2001 | | Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• 1998-2000 | Ambassador to the Embassy of Austria and Ambassador to the International Organizations Representative to Vienna
• 1996-1996 | Senior Presidential Secretary for Protocol
• 1996 | First Vice Foreign Minister
• 1996 | Presidential Secretary for Foreign Affairs and National Security
• 1996 | Chief Foreign Policy Officer
• 1995 | Director-General for Foreign Policy Planning at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1992 | Special Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1990 | Director-General of the Foreign Ministry’s Bureau of American Affairs
• 1987 | Consulate General and Consulate General at the U.S. Embassy
• 1985 | Secretary of State for protocol at the Prime Minister’s Office
• 1980 | Chief of United Nations and the Department of Foreign Affairs
• 1976 | First secretary to the Indian embassy
• 1970 | Entry into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
■ Awards
• 2017 | Order of Civil Merit Mugunghwa Medal
• 2016 | 100 Leading Global Thinkers (Foreign Policy)
• 2016 | Legion of Honour (French President)
• 2015 | Republic of Korea Red Cross Humanitarian Award
• 2014 | Tipperary International Peace Award
• 2014 | Humanitarian of the Year (Harvard Foundation)
• 2014 | Distinguished Seoul National University Award
• 2012 | 11th Seoul Peace Prize
• 2012 | Distiniguished International Leadership Award (Atlantic Council)
• 2010 | UCLA Medal
• 2009 | Order of Civil Merit Mugunghwa Medal
• 2009 | Sustainable Development Leadership Award (New Delhi Summit)
• 2008 | Grand Cross of the Order of Sikatuna (Philippines)
• 2008 | Rotary International Award of Honor
• 2007 | 9th Gwanak Grand Prize Honor Sector (Seoul National University)
• 2007 | First Innovation Award (Pony Chung Foundation)
• 2006 | Magazine’s Person of the Year Award
• 2006 | Order of Service Merit
• 2006 | Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun (Peru)
• 2004 | James A. Van Fleet Award (Korea Society)
• 2002 | Order of Rio Branco (Brazil)
• 2001 | Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star (Austria)
• 1986 | Order of the Red Star (Merit of Service, Korea)
• 1975 | Nokjogunjeong Medal of Honor (4th class, Merit of Service, Korea)
■ Recognitions
• 2016 | Top 100 Global thinkers (Foreign policy)
• 2013 | #32 World’s most powerful people (Forbes)
■ Achievements
Successful implementation of global action for the on climate change through the Paris Agreement
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon played a pivotal role in concluding the Paris Agreement, a global measure against climate change. The Paris Agreement on climate change adopted in 2015 is a revolutionary climate agreement in which 197 countries join in curbing greenhouse gas emissions within this century, with a comprehensive long-term goal of eliminating man-made greenhouse gas production.
Ban displayed remarkable leadership behind-the-scenes, covering the distance from the North to the South Pole, traveling all over the world, urging world leaders to make the decision to successfully implement the historical climate agreement where all countries regardless of rich or poor can join the fight against climate change.
Furthermore, Ban succeeded in lobbying 55 countries for the agreement to take effect in less than a year. His efforts led Foreign Policy, a prominent American news publication which focuses on global affairs, to select Ban as one of the ‘100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2016.
Presentation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the master plan for the future mutual prosperity of humankind
In the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly, Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presented and succeeded in unanimously adopting the ‘Sustainable Development Goals’, a master plan to realize mutual prosperity of humankind by 2030. The Sustainable Development Goals, consisting of 17 areas for sustainable development of the global community, is a comprehensive and global cooperation agenda for countries to alleviate common threats to sustainable development such as polarization of the economy and society, social inequality, and the destruction of the global environment, also including the UN’s typical tasks such as fighting poverty and ending hunger. Ban drew as much participation and consensus as possible from the heads of state to adopt the development agenda to create a world in which no one is left behind, breaking the distinction between developed and developing countries.
Promotion of gender equality and human rights
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made it an important task to advance the fundamental human rights of mankind from the early days of his tenure, especially the promotion of women’s rights and gender equality. In 2010, Ban launched the UN Women by integrating several committees related to women’s rights registered in the UN. He also promoted women’s rights by launching initiatives and campaigns such as ‘UNiTE to End Violence against Women’, ‘Stop Rape Now’, ‘Network of Men Leaders’, and ‘Special Representatives on Sexual Violence in Conflict’.
