branch allegiance blankname nationality birth_date alt birthname term_end alma_mater term_start rank namedata image name caption native_name_lang awards office native_name article_title term_lable
flag_of_the_army_of_the_republic_of_korea . svg republic of korea army south korea general secretary south korean august 27 , 1949 kim arlington , virginia . in october 2012 , visiting the pentagon in kim kwan-jin june 30 , 2014 korea military academy -lrb- b.s. -rrb- july 1 , 2014 november 26 , 2010 24px general lee myung bak park geun-hye kim crop.jpg kwan-jin at the pentagon oct. 24 , 2012 kim kwan-jin kim arlington , virginia . in october 2012 , visiting the pentagon in ko 22px chief of national defense of south korea of national security council of south korea minister 김관진 kim kwan-jin
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kim kwan-jin

kim kwan-jin -lrb- ; born august 27 , 1949 -rrb- is chief of the national security office in south korea , following his appointment in the year of 2014 .
he was previously the 33rd chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the south korean armed forces and the minister of national defense .
