Lee Jong-sup

Lee Jong-sup
이종섭
Lee in 2022
South Korean Ambassador to Australia
In office 12 March 2024 – 29 March 2024
President	Yoon Suk Yeol
Prime Minister	Han Duck-soo
Preceded by	Kim Wan-jung
Succeeded by	Sim Seung-seob
Minister of National Defense
In office 10 May 2022 – 7 October 2023
President	Yoon Suk Yeol
Prime Minister	Han Duck-soo
Preceded by	Suh Wook
Succeeded by	Shin Won-sik
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
In office 26 September 2017 – 22 November 2018
President	Moon Jae-in
Preceded by	Lee Bum-rim
Succeeded by	Won In-choul
Personal details
Born	(1960-08-20) 20 August 1960 (age 64) Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang, South Korea
Alma mater	Korea Military Academy Tennessee State University[1]
Awards	Legion of Merit
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	South Korea
Branch/service	Republic of Korea Army
Years of service	1984–2019
Rank	Lieutenant general

Lee Jong-sup (Korean: 이종섭; Hanja: 李鐘燮; 20 August 1960) is a South Korean retired army lieutenant general and former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who served Minister of National Defense, from May 2022 to October 2023.

On March 12, 2024, he was officially inaugurated as the South Korean ambassador to Australia. Lee Jong-sup said in Korean:^[2]

"Since the establishment of their diplomatic relations in 1961, the two countries have developed friendly and cooperative relations in various fields, including in diplomacy, military, defense, economy, culture and people-to-people exchanges, and have cooperated closely together in upholding peace, stability and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula and in the region."

Lee resigned himself as ambassador to Australia on March 29, 2024, and President Yoon Suk Yeol approved his resignation the same afternoon.^[3]

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