Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (South Korea)

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Korean: 대한민국 합동참모의장; Hanja: 大韓民國合同參謀議長; RR: Daehanminguk habdongchammouijang) is the highest-ranking and most senior military officer in the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.

List

Previous chairmen have been:^[1]

Chairman of the Combined Chiefs of Staff

Director of the Joint Staff

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

No.	Portrait	Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	President
8	Army	Park Chung Hee
9	Army	Park Chung Hee
10	Army	Park Chung Hee
11	Army	Park Chung Hee
12	Army	Park Chung Hee
13	Army	Park Chung Hee
14	Army	Park Chung Hee
15	Army	Park Chung Hee Choi Kyu-hah
16	Army	Choi Kyu-hah Chun Doo-hwan
17	Army	Chun Doo-hwan
18	Army	Chun Doo-hwan
19	Army	Chun Doo-hwan
20	Army	Chun Doo-hwan
21	Army	Chun Doo-hwan
22	Army	Chun Doo-hwan Roh Tae-woo
23	Army	Roh Tae-woo
24	Army	Roh Tae-woo Kim Young-sam
25		Yang-ho, LeeGeneral Lee Yang-ho (1937–2020)	29 May 1993	24 December 1994	1 year, 209 days	Air Force	Kim Young-sam
26	Army	Kim Young-sam
27	Army	Kim Young-sam Kim Dae-jung
28	Army	Kim Dae-jung
29	Army	Kim Dae-jung
30	Army	Kim Dae-jung Roh Moo-hyun
31	Army	Roh Moo-hyun
32	Army	Roh Moo-hyun
33	Army	Roh Moo-hyun Lee Myung-bak
34	Army	Lee Myung-bak
35	Army	Lee Myung-bak
36	Army	Lee Myung-bak
37	Army	Lee Myung-bak Park Geun-hye
38		Yoon-hee, ChoiAdmiral Choi Yoon-hee (born 1953)	16 October 2013	7 October 2015	1 year, 356 days	Navy	Park Geun-hye
39	Army	Park Geun-hye Moon Jae-in
40		Kyeong-doo, JeongGeneral Jeong Kyeong-doo (born 1960)	20 August 2017	21 September 2018	1 year, 32 days	Air Force	Moon Jae-in
41		Han-ki, ParkGeneral Park Han-ki (born 1960)	11 October 2018	23 September 2020	1 year, 348 days	Army	Moon Jae-in
42		In-choul, WonGeneral Won In-choul (born 1961)	23 September 2020	5 July 2022	1 year, 285 days	Air Force	Moon Jae-in
43	Yoon Suk-yeol
44	Yoon Suk-yeol

References

External links

• R.O.K. Joint Chiefs of Staff (Official Website) (in English)