Governing Board Name Affiliation & position Term Notes Chair Vacant (Acting chair: Secretary-General Chung Hwa-Tae) Directors Lee Jeong-mi Director-general , Sports Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Term Ex-officio member Lee Kyeong-ah Director-general, Public Diplomacy & Cultural Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Term Ex-officio member Kim Hee Sik Director-general , Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, Chungcheongbuk-do Term Ex-officio member Cho Gil Hyeong Mayor, Chungju Term Ex-officio member Cindy Park Dean, Dept. of Asian Martial Arts, Youngsan University Feb. 1, 2021– Jan. 31, 2024 Appointed member Chung Hwa Tae President, World Martial Arts Union Term Ex-officio member Kim Byoung Joo Secretary-general, Korea Alliance of Martial Arts Feb. 1, 2021– Jan. 31, 2024 Appointed member Sheik Alauddin(Mr.) CEO, Singapore Silat Federation Feb. 1, 2021– Jan. 31, 2024 Appointed member Redha Ebrahim Munfarendi (Mr.) Arab representative (Bahrain) Feb. 1, 2021– Jan. 31, 2024 Appointed member Bella Bello Bitugu (Mr.) African representative (Ghana) Feb. 1, 2021– Jan. 31, 2024 Appointed member Uros Pribicevic (Mr.) European (Eastern Europe) representative (Serbia) Feb. 1, 2021– Jan. 31, 2024 Appointed member Gabriela Ramos (Ms.) Ass’t director-general, UNESCO Social and Human Sciences Feb. 1, 2021Jan. 31, 2024 Ex-officio member Auditor Eom Ki eun Attorney-at-law Feb. 1, 2021– Jan. 31, 2024 Appendix Milestones Governing Board Members (As of December 2023) NOV 2017 Inserted Article stating the legal basis for the establishment and management of ICM in Korea’s Promotion of Traditional Martial Arts Act DEC 2016 Established ICM, held the first Governing Board Meeting DEC 2015 Signed agreement to establish ICM between the Government of Korea and UNESCO NOV 2013 Approved resolution to establish ICM at 37th session of the UNESCO General Conference DEC 2022 Renewed the agreement between the Government of the Republic of Korea and UNESCO regarding the ICM NOV 2019 Received qualification as member of CIGEPS (Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport) at 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference NOV 2020 Grand opening of ICM’s new building 26 ICM 2023 Annual Report ICM 2023 Annual Report 27
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