Lee Jong-sup

Lee Jong-sup is a South Korean retired army lieutenant general and former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who served as the minister of national defense from May 2022 to October 2023.

Ambassador

Appointment

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

Resignation

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