| Kim Yong-shik | |||||||||||
| Occupation: | Lawyer, politician | ||||||||||
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| Office1: | President of the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee | ||||||||||
| Term Start1: | November 2, 1981 | ||||||||||
| Term End1: | July 11, 1983 | ||||||||||
| Successor1: | Roh Tae-woo | ||||||||||
| 1Blankname1: | IOC President | ||||||||||
| 1Namedata1: | Juan Antonio Samaranch | ||||||||||
| Office2: | Chair of the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee | ||||||||||
| Term Start2: | November 2, 1981 | ||||||||||
| Term End2: | July 11, 1983 | ||||||||||
| Predecessor2: | Committee established | ||||||||||
| Successor2: | Roh Tae-woo | ||||||||||
| Office3: | South Korean Ambassador to the United States | ||||||||||
| Term Start3: | 1977 | ||||||||||
| Term End3: | 1981 | ||||||||||
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| Predecessor3: | Hahm Pyong-choon | ||||||||||
| Successor3: | Lew Byong-hion | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 11 November 1913 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Tōei, Keishōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan (today Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea) | ||||||||||
| Death Place: | Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||||
| Nationality: | South Korean | ||||||||||
| Native Name: | 김용식 | ||||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | ko | ||||||||||
Kim Yong-shik (; November 11, 1913 – March 31, 1995) was a South Korean lawyer and diplomat.
Kim's younger brother was Korean author Kim Yong-ik. He graduated from the Law College of Chuo University in Tokyo in 1937.
He twice served as Foreign Minister of South Korea (in 1962 and from 1971 to 1973) and also held the posts of National Unification Minister (1973–1974) and Minister without Portfolio (1963). Kim's diplomatic career began with posts as Consul in Hong Kong and Honolulu, and progressed with assignments as Minister of the South Korean embassies to Japan (1951–1957) and France (May 16, 1957 – September 10, 1958), and then Minister with the Korean mission in Geneva.[1] He then became Ambassador to Great Britain, concurrently to the Scandinavian countries (1961–1962), to the Philippines (1962–1963), to the United Nations, concurrently Canada (1964–1970), and to the United States (1977–1981).[2] [3] He was also special assistant to the President of the Republic of Korea for Foreign Affairs (1970–1971).
Upon his retirement from the foreign service, Kim took the posts of President of the Republic of Korea National Red Cross, Chairman of the Committee for Promotion of Home Visits by Overseas Koreans, Chairman of the Committee for Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of Korean US Relations.