Han Min-goo (Korean : 한민구;born 30 August 1953),is a former South Korean Minister of Defense. He is a former South Korean army general who served as the 40th Chief of Staff of the South Korean army as well as the 36th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the South Korean military. [1]
Han served his compulsory military service in the ROK Naval Submarine branch. He later graduated from Officer Academy in the Armour Branch and later transferred to Army Aviation as a UH-1 Cobra pilot. Han's assignments prior to assuming Army Chief of Staff were Chief of Strategic Planning,ROK Army Headquarters;Commanding General,53rd Infantry Division;Commanding General,Capital Defense Command;Deputy Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Army.
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