Yoon Hwan Choi has been a general authority

General authority

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 of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 2009.

Church service

Choi joined the LDS Church in 1973, at age 16. His parents also joined the LDS Church at the same time, and his father Dong Hun Choi was influential in bringing many others into the church. The younger Choi has served in many church positions, including as a full-time missionary

Mormon missionary

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 in the Korea Pusan and Korea Seoul

Seoul

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 Missions

Mission (LDS Church)

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 of the church, bishop, high councilor, stake president, and area seventy. He has also been a regional manager for temporal affairs for the church in Korea

Korea

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Prior to his call to the First Quorum of the Seventy, Choi served as a member of the Eighth Quorum of the Seventy in the Asia North Area

Area (LDS Church)

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. He had been serving as a counselor in the Asia North area presidency.

Education

Choi received a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University Hawaii

Brigham Young University Hawaii

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 and holds a master’s degree in business information systems and education from the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business

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 at Utah State University

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Personal life

Choi has worked as a university instructor and as a sales manager and director in corporate settings, such as Data General Korea. At the time of his call as a general authority he was working as the regional manager of temporal affairs for the LDS Church in Korea.

From 1977 to 1980 Choi served as a staff sergeant in the South Korean Army.

Choi is married to Koo Bon-kyung, and they are the parents of three children.

External links

• "General Authorities: Elder Yoon H. Choi", lds.org