List of honorary citizens of Seoul

People awarded the Honorary citizenship of the City of Seoul, South Korea are:

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Honorary citizens of Seoul

Listed by date of award:

Date Name Notes
1999Jackie Chan (7 April 1954–)Hong Kong movie star[1]
2002Guus Hiddink (8 November 1946–)Dutch football manager[1]
2005Christopher R. Hill (10 August 1952–)United States Ambassador to South Korea (2004–2005)[2]
2006Hines 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 Writer of 『JUSTICE』 and professor at Harvard University[1]
2017 Sidra (Riaz) (November 04, 1990-) Pakistani AI-Engineer (Ph.D. in Computer Science)
2018 Thomas Bach President of the International Olympic Committee[1]
12 December 2018Rosy Senanayake (5 January 1958–)Mayor of Colombo[5]
18 July 2019Reuven Rivlin (9 September 1939–)President of Israel [6]
10 August 2019Rev. Dr. Bernice King (28 March 1963–)Youngest Child of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [7]
30 September 2019Mihhail KõlvartMayor of Tallinn, Estonia. [8]
13 November 2019Alfred Harthcomposer, musician and artist

[9]

"As of 2019, there are now a total of 823 Honorary Citizens."[1]

References
  1. "Honorary Citizens Day - Seoul honorary citizens |". 서울시 영문. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  2. "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.
  3. "SUMMARY: Archimandrite Feofan (Kim) will be the first Korean bishop of the ROC". orthodox.cn. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  4. "Священник Русской Православной Церкви стал почетным гражданином Сеула". www.pravoslavie.ru. 6 March 2006. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
  5. "Honorary Seoul citizen". koreatimes. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  6. http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190718000438
  7. https://www.globalatlanta.com/bernice-king-honored-as-citizen-of-seoul-as-king-center-hosts-international-expo/
  8. http://english.seoul.go.kr/seoul-bestows-honorary-citizenship-of-seoul-to-mayor-of-tallinn-estonia/
  9. https://www.facebook.com/GermanEmbassySeoul/posts/2515359428578361?__xts__[0]=68.ARDH-AfxZqH8hcOzN7p28q7IxEPXZRUCjA6br8wb-aKvo23eb1DB2K7tHgpOrVLXSugPxriT3Kwf0dNhqLlY9IrLdIyUo8HqeuwrKz0tjgxssHNY-9dth7pMtF8xbf8VzN5xcAf64nTF56IE1DSnOutBCM5J41UIKCX99vHH4CSwFTCP50HZbyDzpN6RlILI9BDIl_3IHGqyzCti-EZX9jGmxhgL-bfpY77k1cBek1Tj4bDV35-WVkyNk7ZD6T80RnEU9MSv_jn2MdleN7wmAkNZe6B8sM5EX0Kgn3xyqVOhQxIP3laFHjRkDkzfvtd8SVEgzV7WjrsMkbjqIYMBi5fIgw&__tn__=-R
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