U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon admitted to being a workaholic who placed his second marriage and the family to work. For most spouses, being married to a workaholic who travels the world would not be an easy role.
So how do successful marriage of Ban Ki-moon, and Yoo Soon-taek? In addition to their love for each other, we assume that Ban uses his skills as a harmonizer and communicator in his personal life, and Yoo is a woman with patience and understanding.
Here is information on how and Ban Yoo met when they were married, their children, quotes about their marriage, and more
Born :.
Ban Ki-moon: June 13, 1944 at Eumseong, North Chungcheong province of Korea Japanese ccupied. He moved to Chungju when he was in the first year
Yoo Soon-taek :. Abt. 1944 Korea
How Ban Ki-moon, and Yoo Soon-taek Met :.
Yoo Soon-taek and Ban Ki-moon met in 1962 when they were both high school students. Ban was 18.
Yoo, as president of the student council at her school, was one of the students who presented traditional symbols of luck, bamboo strainers, when he went to Washington, DC
after winning an English language competition that was sponsored by the American Red Cross
Wedding dated:.
Ban Yoo and were married in 1971.
Children
Ban Ki-moon and Yoo Soon-taek three children. A son and two daughters
- Seon-yong :. to Born. 1972. She works for the Korea Foundation in Seoul
- Woo-hyun :. to Born. 1974. He is a student at the University of California at Los Angeles to study for a Master of Business Administration
- Hyun-hee :. Born around. 1976. It is a field officer for UNICEF in Nairobi, Kenya
Residences :.
- Seoul, Korea: personal residence
- New York City, New York :. While the UN Secretary-General Ban and his family will eventually reside in the United Nations from five floors, the brownstone house in Sutton Place East Side of Manhattan. They have a view of the East River and Ban would be able to walk to the UN headquarters, if he wanted.
- The New 14,000 square feet -Georgian townhouse was built in 1921 and is ready to be renovated to repair "power outages, plumbing leaky, dangerous lift and obsolete kitchen exhaust system that poses a potential fire hazard. " While the house is renovated, Ban Yoo and will live at the Waldorf-Astoria until October 07.
Source: WashingtonPost.com, December 8, 06.
Source: List of Renovation and RetrofitProfessions and interests:
Ban Ki-moon: from 1 January 07, he became the eighth Secretary General of the United Nations. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea since 1/04. Ban Ki-moon, has worked in government and diplomacy for 36 years.
About one all work, no one person playing Ban rarely takes a vacation. One of his interests is listening to classical music
Religion, priorities and values :.
description of the prohibition of their religious faith is that of a non-denominational Christian.
Ban is said to have a non-confrontational style, and has as its governing principles the "Confucian virtues of benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom." Source: TheStar.com
Quotes on marriage and the family:
Ban Ki-moon being a workaholic: I put his work ahead of private affairs, he said: "I'm sorry for my family, but even if I can not take care of my house, I have to do my work first "
Source: IHT.comBan Ki-moon, commenting in December 06, about his wife Yoo Soon-taek: .". I've had 35 years of honeymoon "
Source: NYsun.comStatement to Ban biography referring to Yoo Soon-taek: " She been his best partner throughout his many turns. "
Source: MaximsNews .com