| Han Sung-joo | |
| Office: | 25th Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Term Start: | February 1993 |
| Term End: | December 1994 |
| President: | Kim Young-sam |
| Primeminister: | Hwang In-sung |
| Predecessor: | Lee Sang-ock |
| Successor: | Gong Ro-myung |
| Office1: | 19th South Korean Ambassador to the United States |
| Term Start1: | April 2003 |
| Term End1: | February 2005 |
| President1: | Roh Moo-hyun |
| Primeminister1: | Goh Kun |
| Predecessor1: | Yang Sung-chul |
| Successor1: | Hong Seok-hyun |
| Party: | Independent |
| Birth Date: | 13 September 1940 |
| Education: | |
| Birth Place: | Korea |
| Occupation: | Educator, diplomatist, diplomat, and politician |
Han Sung-joo (; born September 13, 1940) is a Korean educator, diplomatist, diplomat, and politician.[1] Han is a member of Cheongju Han clan.
He was born in Keijō (Seoul), Korea, Empire of Japan on September 13, 1940.
He is a foreign diplomat of South Korea, former foreign minister and ambassador to the United States, and a diplomat who has been a professor since 1978 in the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy at Korea University.[2]After graduating from Seoul National University in 1962, he received a master's degree in political science from the University of New Hampshire in 1964 and a doctorate in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1970.[3] [4] From February 1993 to December 1994, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs.[5] In 2006, he retired from Korea University professorship. From June 2002 to February 2003 and from March 2007 to January 2008, he served as President of Korea University.[6]
He was the 19th Ambassador to the United States from April 2003 to February 2005.[7] [8]