About Cho Myung-rae
Born 1955. Cho Myung-rae is a South Korean urban planner.
Cho Myung-rae (; born March 22, 1955) is a South Korean professor of urban planning at Dankook University who previously served as the Minister of Environment under President Moon Jae-in from 2018 to 2021.
Before appointed the Minister, he was the president of the government-funded research institute, Korea Environment Institute, and the association of heads of the environmental research organisations.
He was previously the co-president of an environment NGO, Environmental Justice , from 2011 to 2017 and chair of Seoul's Sustainable Development Committee from 2013 to 2015.
Cho holds four degrees - a bachelor in regional development from Dankook University, a master's in environmental planning from Seoul National University and a master's and a doctorate in urban and regional studies from University of Sussex.
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Who is Cho Myung-rae?
South Korean urban planner (born 1955)
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Cho Myung-rae was born on 22 March 1955 in Andong.
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Cho Myung-rae is an urban planner.
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Cho Myung-rae is South Korean.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Cho Myung-rae. https://biography.guide/cho-myung-rae/
MLA: "Cho Myung-rae." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/cho-myung-rae/.
Chicago: "Cho Myung-rae." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/cho-myung-rae/.
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