- Yoon Hwan Choi
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Yoon Hwan Choi First Quorum of the Seventy April 4, 2009 – incumbent Called by Thomas S. Monson Personal details Born Yoon Hwan Choi
May 18, 1957
Seoul, South KoreaYoon Hwan Choi (born 18 May 1957) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 2009.
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Church service
Choi joined the LDS Church in 1973, at age 16. His parents also joined the Church at the same time, and his father Dong Hun Choi was influential in bringing many others into the Church. The younger Choi has served in many church callings, including as a full-time missionary in the Korea Pusan and Korea Seoul Missions of the church, bishop, high councilor, stake president, and area seventy. He has also been a regional manager for temporal affairs for the church in Korea.
Prior to his call to the First Quorum of the Seventy, Choi served as a member of the Eighth Quorum of the Seventy in the Asia North Area. He had been serving as a counselor in the Asia North area presidency.
Education
Choi received a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University Hawaii and holds a master’s degree in business information systems and education from the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.
Personal life
Choi has worked as a university instructor and as a sales manager and director in corporate settings, such as Data General Korea. At the time of his call as a general authority he was working as the regional manager of temporal affairs for the LDS Church in Korea.
From 1977 to 1980 Choi served as a staff sergeant in the South Korean Army.
Choi is married to Koo Bon-kyung, and they are the parents of three children.
References
- “Elder Yoon Hwan Choi,” Liahona, May 2009, p. 135
- "Yoon Hwan Choi" Church News, April 25, 2009
- Greg Hill, "Dreams aside, spiritual always comes first", Church News, April 25, 2009
First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Aidukaitis • Alonso • Amado • Ardern • Arnold • Baxter • Bowen • Caussé • Choi • Christensen • Clarke • Cook • Costa • Corbridge • Curtis • De Hoyos • Dickson • Duncan • Evans • Falabella • Gavarret • Godoy • Golden • Gong • Grow • Hamula • Hilbig • Jensen • D. Johnson • P. Johnson • Kearon • Koelliker • Kopischke • Maynes • Nash • Nielson • Packer • Pearson • Perkins • Pieper • Pino • Porter • Renlund • Ringwood • Robbins • Sitati • Soares • Stevenson • Teh • Teixeira • Tenorio • Uceda • Viñas • Waddell • Walker • Watson • Yamashita • Zeballos • Zivic • ZwickCategories:- 1957 births
- 20th-century Mormon missionaries
- Area seventies of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Bishops of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Brigham Young University–Hawaii alumni
- Converts to Mormonism
- Living people
- Members of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Mormon missionaries in Korea
- People from Seoul
- South Korean Latter Day Saints
- South Korean Mormon missionaries
- Stake presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Utah State University alumni
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