Choue Chung-won explained

Honorific Prefix:Dr
Choue Chung-won
Birth Date:20 December 1947
Office:President of the World Taekwondo Federation
Termstart:2004
Predecessor:Un Yong Kim
Education:Kyung Hee University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Occupation:Taekwomdo Administrator

Choue Chung-won, born December 20, 1947, is the President of the World Taekwondo Federation elected since 2004.[1] [2]

Career

Choue had been in World Taekwondo since 1999. He started the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation project and had hold various position one as the chairman Board if Trustee of the foundation, he participate and sustained personal investment of international sports and currently he is the Honorary President of the Taekwondo Peace Corps and the Korea Olympic Committee advisor. Choue was since in 2006 president of the GCS International, UN ECOSOC and as the chairman of the Korea Fair Play Committee.[3]

Education

He graduated with a bachelor in Economics from the Kyung Hee University in 1970 and Masters from the Fairleigh Dickinson University for International Politics in 1974. In 1984, he obtained a PhD from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Matthews. Justin. 2019-06-14. What and who are we if the "Art" in "Martial Art" no longer exists?. 2020-11-25. TaeKwonDo Times. en-US.
  2. Web site: 유 . 지호. 2017-06-23. S. Korean Choue Chung-won elected to 4th full term as world taekwondo chief. 2020-11-25. Yonhap News Agency. en.
  3. Web site: 2016-03-22. Who we are - Dr. Chungwon Choue. 2020-11-25. THF - Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation. en-US.
  4. Chung Won Choue, president of the World Taekwondo Federation. Taekwondo Wiki. 25 November 2020