{{Short description|President of the World Taekwondo Federation}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Dr | name = Choue Chung-won | image = Choue Chung-won at the Opening ceremony of the 26th World Taekwondo Championships in Baku.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|12|20|df=y}} | birth_place = | office = President of the World Taekwondo Federation | term_start = 2004 | predecessor = Un Yong Kim | successor = | education = Kyung Hee University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | occupation = Taekwondo Administrator | module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto |child=yes |hangul=%조정원 |hanja=趙正源 }} }}
'''Choue Chung-won''' ({{Korean|hangul=조정원}}; born December 20, 1947) is a South Korean taekwondo practictioner. He has been President of the World Taekwondo Federation since 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Matthews|first=Justin|date=2019-06-14|title=What and who are we if the "Art" in "Martial Art" no longer exists?|url=https://taekwondotimes.com/news/2019/06/what-and-who-are-we-if-the-art-in-martial-art-no-longer-exists/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=TaeKwonDo Times|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=유 |first=지호|date=2017-06-23|title=S. Korean Choue Chung-won elected to 4th full term as world taekwondo chief|url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20170623007700315|access-date=2020-11-25|website=Yonhap News Agency|language=en}}</ref>
== Education == He graduated with a bachelor in Economics from the Kyung Hee University in 1970 and Masters from the Fairleigh Dickinson University for International Politics in 1974. In 1984, he obtained a PhD from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.<ref>Chung Won Choue, president of the World Taekwondo Federation. Taekwondo Wiki. 25 November 2020</ref>
== Career == Choue had been in World Taekwondo since 1999. He started the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation project and had hold various position one as the chairman Board if Trustee of the foundation, he participate and sustained personal investment of international sports and currently he is the Honorary President of the Taekwondo Peace Corps and the Korea Olympic Committee advisor. Choue was since in 2006 president of the GCS International, UN ECOSOC and as the chairman of the Korea Fair Play Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-03-22|title=Who we are - Dr. Chungwon Choue|url=https://thfaid.org/2016/03/22/dr-chungwon-choue/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=THF - Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref>
On October 23, 2025 Dr. Choue was re-elected as the President of World Taekwondo for what will be his final term due to the age ceiling that will be in place when his new term expires.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zirogiannis |first1=Marc |title=WT President Dr. Chong-won Choue |url=https://www.tkdlifemagazine.com |website=Taekwondo Life Magazine |publisher=KYPAUSA |access-date=26 October 2025}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Cite web|last=|first=|date=11 April 2019|title=World Taekwondo President Choue hails "historic" joint WT-ITF demonstration|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1077841/world-taekwondo-president-choue-hails-historic-joint-wt-itf-demonstration|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-25|website=www.insidethegames.biz}} * {{Cite web|last=Seward|first=Zachary M.|title=World Taekwondo Federation is changing its name because the internet is mean|url=https://qz.com/1014076/world-taekwondo-federation-wtf-is-changing-its-name/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=Quartz|date=24 June 2017 |language=en}}
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