About KMI

Previous President

  • THE FIRST Previous President Jo Jung-Jae, Ph.D. 1997.04.18 ~ 1997.09.05
    • Education Ph.D., Kansas State University, US
    • Experience
      • Minister, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Seoul, Republic of Korea
      • CEO, Ocean Culture
      • FoundationNovelist(Present)
  • THE SECOND Previous President Hong Seoung-Yong, Ph.D. 1997.09.19 ~ 1999.05.02
    • Education Ph.D., Kyung-Hee University, Seoul, Korea
    • Experience
      • Vice Minister, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Seoul, Republic of Korea
      • Chair, First Panel(Ministerial Perspective on Oceans and Coasts at Rio+10) in Global Conference hosted by UNESCO, IOC
      • President, Inha University
      • President, Duksung Womens University
      • President, Joongbu University
  • THE THIRD & THE FOURTH Previous President Lee Jung-Ook, Ph.D. 1999.06.09 ~ 2005.04.04
    • Education Ph.D., Univ of Wales, UK
    • Experience
      • Office of the President for Civil affairs, Cheong Wa Dae Office of the President, Korea
      • Non-Permanent Director, National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives.
  • THE FIFTH Previous President Lee Jeong-Hwan, Ph.D. 2005.09.23 ~ 2008.06.04
    • Education Ph.D., Kyung-Hee University, Seoul, Korea
    • Experience
      • Chief, Regional Balanced Development Planning Division, Office of the President Presidential Secretariat, Office of the President
      • Assistant Minister, Marine Policy Department, Ministry of Maritime Affairs & Fisheries
      • Chief Director, Ulsan Future Institute
  • THE SIXTH Previous President Ghang Jong-Hee, Ph.D. 2008.08.29~2010.05.06
    • Education Ph.D.,University of Liverpool, UK
    • Experience
      • A member of the Policy Advisory Council at the Ministry of MAritime Affairs and Fisheries
      • Vice President at the Korea Maritime Institute
  • THE SEVENTH Previous President Kim Hak-So, Ph.D. 2010. 07.14~2013. 08.15
    • Education Ph.D., Dong-Guk University, Seoul, Korea
    • Experience
      • Director General of the Research Division, KMI
      • Director of Planning adn Coordination Department, KMI
      • National Logistics Policy Committee, MLTM
      • Professor, Chungwoon University (present)
  • THE EIGHTH Previous President Kim Sung-Gwi, Ph.D. 2013.08.15 ~ 2016.08.25
    • Education Ph.D., Yeonsei University, Seoul, Korea
    • Experience
      • Director of Marine Policy Research Division, KMI
      • Director of Ocean Academy, KMI
  • THE NINTH Previous President Yang Chang-Ho, Ph.D. 2016.08.26~2019.10.10
    • Education Ph.D., Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
    • Experience
      • Chairman, Global Shipping Think-Tank Alliance
      • Professor, Incheon National University(present)
  • THE TENTH Previous President Jang Young-Tae, Ph.D. 2019.10.11∼2021.9.5
    • Education Ph.D. Yonsei University Graduate School of Business, Seoul, Korea
    • Experience
      • Editorial Board for the Maritime Economics and Logistics Journal and the International Journal of Logistics Management (Representative SSCI Journal in shipping ports and logistics)
      • Professor, Inha Univeristy