Yoon Hwan Choi
Yoon Hwan Choi (born 18 May 1957) has been a general authority 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 Church at the same time, and his father Dong Hun Choi was influential in bringing many others into the Church. He has served in many church callings, including as a full-time missionary in the Korea Pusan and Korea Seoul Missions 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.
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. 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 and holds a master’s degree in business information systems and education from Utah State University.
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 affiars for the LDS Church in Korea.
From 1977-1980 Choi served as a staff sargeant in the South Korean Army.
Choi is married to Bon Kyung Koo, and they are the parents of three children.