# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yu-myung-hwan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:42:11.313Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yu-myung-hwan"
name: "Yu Myung-hwan"
slug: "yu-myung-hwan"
description: "Yu Myung-hwan is a South Korean diplomat, he was Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from February 2008 to September 2010. His resignation was caused when his daughter was given a job in his department. He has previously held posts including Ambassador to Israel, Japan and the Philippines. Yu received his bachelor's degree in public administration from Seoul National University."
tagline: "South Korean politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yu_Myung-hwan_080327-D-9880W-016_0ZFII.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-04-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.874406666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Myung-hwan"
    title: "Yu Myung-hwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "يو ميونج هوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Myung-hwan"
    title: "Yu Myung-hwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Myung-hwan"
    title: "Yu Myung-hwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Myung-hwan"
    title: "Yu Myung-hwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Myung-hwan"
    title: "Yu Myung-hwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%B3%E6%98%8E%E6%A1%93"
    title: "柳明桓"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%A0%EB%AA%85%ED%99%98"
    title: "유명환"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Myung-hwan"
    title: "Yu Myung-hwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q487250"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump