Cho Hyun-ok

{{Short description|South Korean politician (born 1956)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| native_name = {{nobold|조현옥}}

| office = South Korean Ambassador to Germany

| termstart = 5 November 2020

| termend =

| successor =

| birth_place = Seoul, South Korea

| president = Moon Jae-in

| alma_mater = Ewha Womans University
Heidelberg University

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|9|21|df=y}}

| termend1 = 28 May 2019

| termstart1 = 11 May 2017

| successor1 = Kim Oe-sook

| predecessor1 =

| predecessor = Chung Beom-koo

| president1 = Moon Jae-in

| office1 = Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs

}}

{{family name hatnote|Cho||lang=Korean}}

Cho Hyun-ok ({{Korean|hangul=조현옥|hanja=趙顯玉}}; born 21 September 1956), also known as Cho Hyun-ock,{{Cite web|title=Grußwort des BotschaftersBotschaft der Republik Korea in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland|url=http://overseas.mofa.go.kr/de-de/wpge/m_7228/contents.do|access-date=2021-01-09|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs}} is a South Korean politician previously served as President Moon Jae-in's first Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs - the first woman to assume such post - {{Cite web|date=2017-05-11|title='헌정사상 첫 여성 인사수석' 조현옥 이화여대 교수는 누구?|url=https://www.hankyung.com/politics/article/2017051105417|access-date=2020-07-05|website=The Korea Economic Daily|language=ko}} and currently serving as his ambassador to Germany from 2020.{{Cite web|last=황 |first=석주|date=2020-12-08|title=New S. Korean envoy in Germany|url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/PYH20201208025600325|access-date=2021-01-09|website=Yonhap News Agency|language=en}}

After working at research institutes and civil societies, Cho joined the office of Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs under then-President Roh Moo-hyun. She later joined Park Won-soon-led Seoul Metropolitan Government as its director of Women and Family Policy Affairs Office.

Cho previously worked with Moon during his 2017 presidential campaign as its vice chair of gender equality committee.{{Cite web|last=나 |first=병현|date=2018-12-05|title=[Who Is ?] 조현옥 전 청와대 인사수석|url=http://www.businesspost.co.kr/BP?command=article_view&num=105102|access-date=2020-07-05|website=[Who Is ?] 조현옥 전 청와대 인사수석}} After serving as his first Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs from 2017 to 2019, Cho was appointed as his second ambassador to Germany in November 2020.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-06|script-title=ko:스위스대사에 '朴의 나쁜 사람' 노태강… 독일대사 조현옥|url=http://news.kmib.co.kr/article/view.asp?arcid=0924163782|access-date=2020-11-10|website = Kukmin Ilbo|language=ko}}{{Cite web|last=남 |first=상현|date=2020-11-10|title=New ambassador to Germany|url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/PYH20201110084300315|access-date=2020-11-10|website=Yonhap News Agency|language=en}}

Cho holds three degrees in politics - a bachelor and a master's from Ewha Womans University and a doctorate from Heidelberg University.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:조현옥 :: 네이버 인물검색|url=https://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%EC%A1%B0%ED%98%84%EC%98%A5&sm=tab_etc&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService&os=5867604|access-date=2020-07-05|website=people.search.naver.com}}