List of honorary citizens of Seoul
Appearance
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People awarded honorary citizenship of Seoul, South Korea are:
Honorary citizens of Seoul
[edit]Listed by date of award:
Date | Name | Notes |
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1999 | Jackie Chan (7 April 1954–) | Hong Kong movie star[1] |
2002 | Guus Hiddink (8 November 1946–) | Dutch football manager[1] |
2005 | Christopher R. Hill (10 August 1952–) | United States Ambassador to South Korea (2004–2005)[2] |
2006 | Hines Ward (8 March 1976–) | American football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1998-2011)[1] |
6 May 2006 | hieromonk Theophanes (Kim) (January 19, 1976–) | Member of the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church[3][4] |
2014 | Michael J. Sandel | Author of JUSTICE and professor at Harvard University[1] |
2017 | Sidra (Riaz) (November 4, 1990-) | Pakistani AI-Engineer (Ph.D. in Computer Science) |
2018 | Thomas Bach | President of the International Olympic Committee[1] |
8 February 2018 | Andrzej Duda | President of Poland |
12 December 2018 | Rosy Senanayake (5 January 1958–) | Mayor of Colombo[5] |
18 July 2019 | Reuven Rivlin (9 September 1939–) | President of Israel [6] |
10 August 2019 | Rev. Dr. Bernice King (28 March 1963–) | Youngest Child of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [7] |
30 September 2019 | Mihhail Kõlvart | Mayor of Tallinn, Estonia.[8] |
13 November 2019 | Alfred Harth | composer, musician and artist[9] |
As of 2019, there are a total of 823 honorary citizens.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Honorary Citizens Day - Seoul honorary citizens |". 서울시 영문. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ "Honorary Citizens Day - Seoul honorary citizens | Seoul Metropolitan Government". english.seoul.go.kr. Archived from the original on 2016-09-05. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
- ^ "SUMMARY: Archimandrite Feofan (Kim) will be the first Korean bishop of the ROC". orthodox.cn. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ "Священник Русской Православной Церкви стал почетным гражданином Сеула". www.pravoslavie.ru. 6 March 2006. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
- ^ "Honorary Seoul citizen". koreatimes. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ "Israeli president awarded honorary citizenship of Seoul". 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Bernice King Honored as Citizen of Seoul as King Center Hosts International Expo". 13 August 2019.
- ^ "Seoul Bestows Honorary Citizenship of Seoul to Mayor of Tallinn, Estonia -". 4 October 2019.
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