Kim Yong-shik

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Kim Yong-shik

| occupation = Lawyer, politician

| module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto

| hangul = %김용식

| hanja = 金溶植

| child = yes }}

| 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

| president3 = {{plainlist|

}}

| predecessor3 = Hahm Pyong-choon

| successor3 = Lew Byong-hion

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|11|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tongyeong, Korea, Empire of Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1995|3|31|1913|11|11}}

| death_place = Seoul, South Korea

| nationality = South Korean

| image = 김용식(외교관)circa1974.png

| imagesize = 250px

| native_name = 김용식

| native_name_lang = ko

}}

Kim Yong-shik ({{Korean|hangul=김용식}}; November 11, 1913 – March 31, 1995) was a South Korean lawyer and diplomat.

Personal life

Kim's younger brother was Korean author Kim Yong-ik. He graduated from the Law College of Chuo University in Tokyo in 1937.

Career

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.{{cite web | url=http://dodis.ch/P37432 | title=Kim, Yong Shik }} 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),{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} and to the United States (1977–1981).{{cite news|url=http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1981051500209201010&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1981-05-15&officeId=00020&pageNo=1&printNo=18340&publishType=00020|title=駐美大使柳炳賢씨내정 (Yu Byung-hyun nominated as ambassador to U.S.)|work=The Dong-A Ilbo|date=1981-05-15|accessdate=2013-05-28}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19810521&id=OQUhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=13UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4520,4639623|title=New ambassador chosen by Korea|work=The Day|date=1981-05-21|accessdate=2013-05-28}} 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.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}