| Party: | independent |
| Alma Mater: | Sungkyunkwan University |
| Office: | Minister of Unification |
| President: | Moon Jae-in |
| Primeminister: | Lee Nak-yeon Chung Sye-kyun |
| Birth Date: | 9 July 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Donghae City, South Korea |
| Predecessor: | Cho Myoung-gyon |
| Successor: | Suh Ho Lee In-young |
| Termstart: | 8 April 2019 |
| Termend: | 19 June 2020 |
Kim Yeon-chul (; born 26 March 1964) is a South Korean associate professor of unification[1] at Inje University who served as Minister of Unification under President Moon Jae-in from April 2019 to June 2020.[2]
Before promoted to Minister, Kim was the president of the Korea Institute for National Unification, a government-funded research institute. He was previously a policy advisor to then-Minister of Unification Chung Dong-young from 2004 to 2006.
After completing his doctorate programme, he joined Samsung Economic Research Institute as its senior researcher.[3] He was also the first president of The Hankyoreh's research institute on peace studies.
Kim holds three degrees in political science from Sungkyunkwan University from a bachelor to a doctorate.[4]
Following North Korea's destruction of its Kaesong liaison office and a general worsening of inter-Korean relations, he offered to resign on June 17, 2020. On June 19, 2020, President Moon Jae-in officially accepted his resignation as the Minister of Unification.[5]