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President Yoon Seok-yeol Appoints New Unification Minister and Anti-Corruption Commission Head

President Yoon Seok-yeol carried out a small reshuffle, such as appointing Kim Young-ho, a professor at Sungshin Women’s University, as the new unification minister, and Kim Hong-il, former head of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, as the anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.

Thirteen vice ministers were also replaced, including Jang Mi-ran, a former weightlifter and professor at Yongin University, as the second vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Kim Oh-jin, the administrative secretary of the presidential office as the first vice minister of the Ministry of Land, and Park Seong-hoon, the secretary for state affairs planning, as the vice minister of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

Presidential Chief of Staff Kim Dae-ki announced the appointment of ministers and vice ministers at the Yongsan Presidential Office today (29th).

Professor Kim Young-ho, who was nominated as the new Minister of Unification, served as the Blue House secretary for unification under the Lee Myung-bak administration, and is classified as a ‘hardliner on North Korea’ who has consistently raised the issue of North Korean human rights.

Unification Minister Kwon Young-se, an incumbent member of the National Assembly, is said to return to the National Assembly to prepare for next year’s general elections and play a role within the party.

Kim Hong-il, the nominee for chairman of the Kwon Ik Committee, was a former prosecutor of the so-called ‘special case’ and was in charge of the BBK case investigation in 2007.

Vice ministers of each ministry were forward-deployed with presidential secretary-level staff.

Ojin Kim and Won-guk Baek, secretary of land, transport, were appointed as the 1st and 2nd vice ministers of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, respectively. has been appointed

Jang Mi-ran, a former gold medalist in weightlifting and a professor at the Department of Physical Education at Yongin University, was selected as the second vice minister in charge of sports and tourism affairs at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

In addition, Kim Wan-seop, the second vice minister of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Director of Budget Office at the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Lee Seong-hee, former Blue House Labor Secretary, the vice minister of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, Ki-woong Ki-woong, the director of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, the vice minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Han Hoon, the head of the National Statistical Office, and the second vice minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Oh Young-joo, Vietnam Moon Seung-hyun, the ambassador to Thailand, was appointed as the ambassador and vice minister of the Ministry of Unification, and Kim Chae-hwan, a former professor at Seoul Cyber ​​University, was appointed as the director of the National Human Resources Development Institute.

[사진 출처 : 연합뉴스 / 대통령실 제공]

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2023-06-29 01:41:00
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