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Kim Yong-hyun (general)
Kim Yong-hyun | |
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김용현 | |
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| Minister of National Defense | |
| In office 6 September 2024 – 5 December 2024 | |
| President | Yoon Suk Yeol |
| Prime Minister | Han Duck-soo |
| Preceded by | Shin Won-sik |
| Succeeded by | Kim Seon-ho (acting) |
| Chief of the Presidential Security Service | |
| In office 11 May 2022 – 6 September 2024 | |
| President | Yoon Suk Yeol |
| Preceded by | Yoo Yeon-sang |
| Succeeded by | Park Jong-joon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 June 1959 Masan, South Korea |
| Education | Korea Military Academy |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Republic of Korea Army |
| Years of service | 1978–2017 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김용현 |
| Hanja | 金龍顯 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Yonghyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Yonghyŏn |
Kim Yong-hyun (Korean: 김용현; born 25 June 1959)[1] is a South Korean former lieutenant general and politician who served as the Minister of National Defense from 6 September 2024 until his resignation on 5 December 2024 for his involvement in the 2024 South Korean martial law. On 8 December 2024, he was arrested on suspicion of committing insurrection by advising President Yoon Suk Yeol to declare martial law and sending troops into the National Assembly to seize the legislature.
- ^ 대통령실 용산 설계자…뼛속까지 군인, 김용현 [Presidential Office Yongsan Designer… Soldier to the bone, Kim Yong-hyun]. JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 5 December 2024.
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