Hyun Jin Moon
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Hyun Jin "Preston" Moon (Born 4/10/1969), third son of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han. Had arranged marriage 3/31/1987 to Jun Sook Kwak (Born 12/24/1967), daughter of Rev. Moon's right hand man in recent years, Chung Hwan Kwak.[1] They have eight children.
After Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han Moon's oldest son Hyo Jin Moon manifested long-term problems with substance abuse, infidelity, and violence,[2] and after Heung Jin Moon (the second oldest son) died in 1984,[3] Hyun Jin Moon - the next oldest living son - became widely expected to become Rev. Moon's next-generation successor.[4] He has already assumed a number of top leadership positions.
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[edit] Education
He is a graduate of Columbia University, and holds Masters degrees from Harvard Business School (1998) and the Unification Theological Seminary. Church publications refer to him as "Dr. Hyun Jin Moon," but this honorary title was bestowed on him by Sun Moon University in Korea.
[edit] Olympic participant
He participated in the Seoul and Barcelona Olympics as a member of the Korean equestrian team (1988 and 1992).
[edit] Leadership positions
He has been the leader of various businesses founded by Rev. Moon. He became the Vice-President of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU) in 1998, and President of World CARP in March 2000. In 2006, he became President of the Youth Federation for World Peace, and that same year he was named President of Unification Church International by its board.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Formerly Rev. Moon's right hand man was Bo Hi Pak, whose children have also been selected to marry into the Moon family.
- ^ Hong, Nansook. (1998). In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family. Little, Brown. (ISBN 0-316-34816-3)
- ^ Moon's Son, 17, Dies After a Car Accident. AP story, January 3, 1984. Accessed Saturday, August 19, 2006 from the New York Times Archives.
- ^ From the Unification Church to the Unification Movement, 1994-1999: Five Years of Dramatic Changes by Massimo Introvigne, Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR). "The ceremony to inaugurate the Reverend and Mrs. Moon's third son, Hyun Jin Moon, as vice president of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification International (FFWPUI) on July 19, 1998, as well as his responsibility to educate the 'second generation,' denotes him as the successor." An expanded version of this paper is part of Massimo Introvigne’s book The Unification Church, to be published in the series "Studies in Contemporary Religion" by Signature Books.
