Five out of 13 vice minister-level nominees are presidential secretaries.
‘Weightlifting’ professor Jang Mi-ran was unexpectedly selected as the 2nd Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Unification Minister-nominee Kim Young-ho. Provided by the President’s Office
On the 29th, President Yoon Seok-yeol nominated Kim Yeong-ho, a professor at Sungshin Women’s University, as the Minister of Unification, and Kim Hong-il, former chief prosecutor, as the Minister-level Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission. At the same time, 13 Vice Minister-level personnel were appointed.
Chief of Staff Kim Dae-gi announced the appointment plan at a briefing held at the Presidential Office in Yongsan this morning.
Minister-designate Kim, who was selected as the successor to Unification Minister Kwon Young-se, is considered a hard-line conservative on North Korea. He served as the Blue House unification secretary in the Lee Myung-bak administration and serves as the chairman of the Unification Future Planning Committee in the Yoon Seok-yeol administration.
Director Kim said of Kim nominee, “An expert in the field of unification policy who served as the secretary for unification and human rights ambassador at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.” He is the right person to promote it.”
Kim Hong-il, the new head of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission. Provided by the President’s Office
Kim, the successor to former Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commissioner Jeon Hyun-hee, who retired on the 27th, is a former special prosecutor who worked with President Yoon. During the last presidential election, he served as the chairman of the Special Committee for Fact-Finding Political Work by President Yoon’s camp and was in charge of negative responses.
Director Kim explained the reason for the nomination, saying, “I am an orthodox legal professional with extensive knowledge in legal theory and extensive practical experience.”
Vice-minister appointments were also made significantly. Five of the 13 vice-ministerial appointments announced on the day were filled with incumbent secretaries in the presidential office. It is interpreted as a choice to increase control of state affairs and policy consistency by sending a large number of secretaries who worked in close proximity to President Yoon to ministries.
On the 29th, Chang Mi-ran, a professor at Yongin University, was appointed as the new second vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Provided by the President’s Office
Kim Wan-seop, head of the budget office at the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, and Cho Seong-gyeong, secretary for science and technology in the presidential secretary’s office, were nominated as the 1st vice minister of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance. Oh Young-joo, the ambassador to Vietnam, was appointed as the second vice minister of foreign affairs, and Moon Seung-hyeon, the ambassador to Thailand, was appointed as the vice minister of unification. The second vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will be Jang Mi-ran, a former national weightlifting athlete and professor of physical education at Yongin University.
Han Hoon, head of the National Statistical Office, was appointed as the vice minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Lim Sang-joon, the presidential secretary’s secretary for state affairs, and Lee Seong-hee, a research fellow at the Korea Labor Institute, were appointed as the vice minister of the Ministry of Employment and Labor. The 1st and 2nd vice ministers of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will be taken over by Kim Oh-jin, the administrative secretary of the presidential office, and Baek Won-guk, the national land and transportation secretary of the presidential office, respectively.
Park Seong-hoon, secretary for state affairs in the presidential office, was appointed as vice minister of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and Oh Ki-woong, head of the Planning and Coordination Office of the small and medium-sized venture business department, was selected as vice minister of the Ministry of Small and Medium Business. Kim Chae-hwan, a former professor at Seoul Cyber University, was nominated as the head of the National Public Service Personnel Development Institute, also at the vice minister level.
2023-06-29 01:43:00
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