The outline of the first cabinet under the Lee Jae-myung government has been revealed… Six ministerial candidates including Koo Yoon-cheol, Jung Sung-ho, and Jeong Eun-kyeong nominated.
President Lee Jae-myung conducted appointments for the first cabinet formation after his inauguration.
On the 29th, Kang Hoon-sik, the presidential chief of staff, announced the list of ministerial candidates for six departments, including the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Interior and Safety, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare, at a briefing room in the Yongsan Presidential Office in Seoul.
In this appointment, Jung Sung-ho, a member of the Democratic Party who has reportedly maintained a 38-year relationship as a fellow graduate of the Judicial Research and Training Institute with President Lee, has been nominated as the candidate for Minister of Justice.
Koo Yoon-cheol, the former head of the National Policy Coordination Office, has been nominated as the candidate for Minister of Economy and Finance.
Candidate Koo is an economic bureaucrat who has served as the Second Vice Minister of the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the head of the National Policy Coordination Office, and he has experience holding key positions in the Moon Jae-in administration.
Yoon Ho-jung, a member of the Democratic Party, has been nominated as the candidate for Minister of Interior and Safety, while Lee Jin-suk, former President of Chungnam National University, has been nominated as the candidate for Minister of Education.
Kim Jeong-gwan, President of Doosan Enerbility, has been nominated as the candidate for Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy.
This appointment of an industry expert with private sector management experience reflects a commitment to incorporate on-the-ground voices into industrial policy.
Jeong Eun-kyeong, the former head of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, has been nominated as the candidate for Minister of Health and Welfare.
Candidate Jeong is recognized for leading the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and has extensive experience in public health crisis response.
Jeon Sung-hwan, the secretary of the Sejong Special Autonomous City Education Office, has been appointed as Chief of Integrated Listening, and Bong Wook from Kim & Chang has been appointed as Chief of Civil Affairs.
Kim Kyung-soo, the former Governor of South Gyeongsang Province, has been selected as the chair of the Presidential Committee on Local Era.
Building a security line, including Deputy Director of the National Intelligence Service… Decision to retain the head of the Food and Drug Safety Agency.
Lee Dong-soo, the former head of the overseas information bureau at the National Intelligence Service, has been appointed as the first deputy director of the National Intelligence Service, Kim Ho-hong, head of the New Security Research Center at the National Security Strategy Institute, as the second deputy director, and Kim Hee-soo, a professor at Jeonbuk National University, as head of the planning and coordination office.
In the case of the Food and Drug Safety Agency, the decision was made to retain the current head, Oh Yu-kyung.
Image source: President Lee Jae-myung nominated Koo Yoon-cheol as Minister of Economy and Finance, Jung Sung-ho as Minister of Justice, and Yoon Ho-jung as Minister of Interior and Safety on the 29th. / News1, Lee Jin-suk candidate for Minister of Education / News1, Jeong Eun-kyeong nominated as Minister of Health and Welfare / News1, Jeon Sung-hwan as new Chief of Integrated Listening (left) and Bong Wook as new Chief of Civil Affairs / News1, Oh Yu-kyung, head of the Food and Drug Safety Agency / News1.
