Sin Son Ho

Sin Son Ho (ko: 신선호 [ [http://2006un.org/n_highlevel_report/136643 "반기문 유엔사무총장과 신임 신선호 유엔주재 북한대표"] , Newsis, May 8, 2008] ), born July 5, 1948 [ [http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/bio3979.doc.htm "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS"] , May 7, 2008] , is a North Korean diplomat. He is currently North Korea's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. In his career as a diplomat, he has primarily represented North Korea in its relations with African countries.

Sin graduated from Kim Il Sung University in 1972. That same year, he was appointed as Third Secretary to the North Korean embassy to Egypt, where he served until 1979. From 1979 to 1983, he was a senior officer in the Foreign Ministry, then, from 1983 to 1986, counsellor at the North Korean embassy to Lesotho. From 1986 to 1990, he was Division Chief at the Foreign Ministry, before serving as counsellor to the North Korean embassy in Zimbabwe from 1990 to 1995. From 1995 to 1999, he was Deputy-Director of the Foreign Ministry. [ [http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/bio3979.doc.htm "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS"] , May 7, 2008]

Sin's first appointment to the United Nations came in 1999, when he worked at the North Korean Mission to the United Nations for four years before returning home upon being appointed Director-General of the Foreign Ministry. He served in the latter position until May 2008, when he was appointed Permanent Representative to the United Nations. [ [http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/bio3979.doc.htm "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS"] , May 7, 2008]

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