Won Yong Ko
| Won Yong Ko | |
|---|---|
| Second Quorum of the Seventy | |
| 2 April 2005 – 1 October 2011 | |
| Called by | Gordon B. Hinckley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1945 Busan, Korea |
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| Won Yong Ko | |
| Hangul | 고원용 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 高元龍 |
| Revised Romanization | Go Wonyong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ko Wŏnyong |
Won Yong Ko (born 15 October 1945) was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2005 to 2011. A native of South Korea, in 2008 Ko was the only LDS Church general authority from mainland Asia.[citation needed]
Ko was born in Busan, Korea in 1945. He joined the LDS Church in March 1962. Ko holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Seoul National University. Ko was employed as the president and CEO of Hanjin Information Systems. He also worked for a time as managing director of IBM in Korea.
In the LDS Church, Ko has served as a stake president, area public affairs representative, and as an area seventy beginning in 1995. Ko served as a counselor in the church's Asia North Area presidency while he was an area seventy. He and his wife Eun-Hee Kim have two children.
In April 2005, Ko became a member of the church's Second Quorum of the Seventy.
On 1 October 2011, Ko was released from the Second Quorum of the Seventy at the LDS Church's semi-annual general conference.[1]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ "Honorable releases given to 12 brethren". Church News. Deseret News Publishing Company. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
References[edit]
- “Elder Won Yong Ko Of the Seventy,” Liahona, May 2005, p. 125
- 2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2007) p. 56
- Church News, June 18, 2005;[full citation needed] June 7, 2008;[full citation needed] August 5, 1995[full citation needed]
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