Lee Tae-sik
{{Short description|South Korean diplomat}}
{{family name hatnote|Lee||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Lee Tae-sik, 2005.jpg
| caption =Lee in November 2005
| office = South Korean Ambassador to the United States
| term_start = November 10, 2005
| term_end = March 2009
| president = Roh Moo-hyun
Lee Myung-bak
| predecessor = Hong Seok-hyun
| successor = Han Duck-soo
| office2= South Korean Ambassador to Israel
| president2 = Kim Dae-jung
| term_start2 = July 2000
| term_end2 = February 2002
| nationality = South Korean
| birth_place = Seorabeol, Southern Korea
{{small|(now Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea)}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|10|26}}
| occupation = Diplomat
| alma_mater = Seoul National University (1970)
| module = {{Infobox Korean name
| hangul = 이태식
| hanja = {{linktext|李|泰|植}}
| mr = Yi T'aesik
| rr = Yi Taesik
| child = yes}}
}}
Lee Tae-sik (born 26 October 1945) is a South Korean diplomat.
Early life and education
Lee was born in North Gyeongsang Province and graduated from Seoul National University's Department of International Relations in 1970.
Career
File:LeeTaesik Bush.jpg welcomes Lee to the Oval Office at the White House after his appointment as ambassador.]]
Lee then joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and was employed as first secretary in the South Korean embassy in Washington, D.C. from 1981 to 1984. He later went on to pursue a higher degree at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, graduating in 1988. His first ambassadorial-rank posting was to Israel, from July 2000 to February 2002. He returned to South Korea to serve as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs until the following year when he became ambassador to the United Kingdom. In 2005 he had a brief stint back in Seoul as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, before being named as South Korea's ambassador to the U.S. in October 2005.{{cite news|url=http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2008/04/2008-289.html|title=South Korean ambassador to the United States Tae-sik Lee to give 2008 Graduate Commencement address|work=Virginia Tech News|date=2008-04-20|accessdate=2013-10-17}} He served in that position until March 2009, when he was replaced by Han Duck-soo.{{cite web|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/s/cpr/94073.htm|title=Diplomatic Representation for South Korea|publisher=Office of the Chief of Protocol|location=Washington, D.C.|date=2013-06-07|accessdate=2013-10-17}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060321112525/http://www.washdiplomat.com/ambprof/korea.html The Washington Diplomat Newspaper - Ambassador profile ]
{{Ambassadors of South Korea to the US}}
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Category:South Korean diplomats
Category:Ambassadors of South Korea to Israel
Category:Ambassadors of South Korea to the United Kingdom
Category:Ambassadors of South Korea to the United States
Category:Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies alumni