About Moon Seong-hyeok
Born 1958. Moon Seong-hyeok is a South Korean politician.
Moon Seong-hyeok (; also known as Daniel Seong-hyeok Moon; born 1958) is a South Korean professor at World Maritime University served as the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries under President Moon Jae-in from 2019 to 2022.
Before appointed as minister, Moon served at WMU for over 11 years from 2008 as the INMARSAT Professorial Chair, Associate Academic Dean, and Head of Port Management specialization. He previously worked at Korea Maritime and Ocean University from 1984 to 2013 as its professor, project manager and senior leadership member. Before joining academia, he worked as a first officer at now HMM.
He holds three degrees - a bachelor in navigation science and master's in port transport from Korea Maritime and Ocean University and a doctorate in port economics from Cardiff University.
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South Korean politician
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Moon Seong-hyeok was born on 15 August 1958 in Busan.
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Moon Seong-hyeok is South Korean.
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