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Won Yong-kul is the president of the University of Seoul.

As a macroeconomist, he is dedicated to enhancing the status of public universities, including his commitment to establishing a public medical school.

He was born on June 7, 1963, in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province.

Won graduated from Suseong High School in Suwon and majored in economics at Seoul National University. He earned a master’s degree in economics from Seoul National University’s graduate school and a Ph.D. in economics from Indiana University in the United States.

After working at the Bank of Korea, he served as a senior researcher at the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) before being appointed as a professor at Incheon National University in 1998.

In 2002, he moved to the University of Seoul, where he served as the Dean of the College of Urban Sciences and Director of the Institute for Social Science Research.

On March 30, 2023, he was inaugurated as the 10th president of the University of Seoul.

Won has held leadership roles such as president of the Korean Association of International Finance and vice president of the Korean Association of International Trade and Commerce. He currently serves as the president of the Korean Association of International Economics.

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