Lee Eok-won, Candidate for Chairman of the Financial Services Commission, Reports Assets
Lee Eok-won, the candidate for Chairman of the Financial Services Commission, officially reported his assets, which include those of himself, his spouse, mother, and children.
According to the personnel hearing request submitted to the National Assembly on the 20th, the candidate disclosed that he possesses a total of 1.51018 billion won in assets, including his own apartment in Gaepo-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul (1.3093 billion won), deposits (161.95 million won), stocks (31.28 million won), and a jointly owned K5 vehicle (7.65 million won).
Current Asset Status of Spouse and Children
The spouse reported total assets of 69.46 million won, including deposits of 61.8 million won and a vehicle worth 7.65 million won. The eldest daughter, born in 1995, reported a total of 300.64 million won, which includes a rental deposit of 10 million won for an officetel in Jongno-gu, Seoul, and deposits of 293.64 million won.
The eldest son, born in 1998, was found to have a total of 118.11 million won in assets, which includes a rental deposit of 36 million won for a villa in Jongno-gu, deposits of 72.64 million won, stocks valued at 8.28 million won, and cryptocurrency Bitcoin worth 1.18 million won. The candidate's mother reported a debt of 30 million won related to building rentals.
In total, this amounts to approximately 1.9974 billion won.
Economist and Key Policy Figure
The candidate graduated from the 35th Administrative Examination and is a former economic bureaucrat who served as the First Vice Minister of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. He is currently a visiting research fellow at the Korea Financial Research Institute and a special professor at the Department of Economics at Seoul National University. Since the launch of the Moon Jae-in administration, he has been involved in macroeconomic policy as the Director of the Economic Structure Reform Bureau and the Director of the Economic Policy Bureau.
In 2020, he was appointed as the Economic Policy Secretary in the Office of the President, playing a key role in the response to COVID-19 and the establishment of major economic policies.
The Chairman of the Financial Services Commission is appointed by the President upon recommendation from the Prime Minister and must undergo a personnel hearing process in the National Assembly.
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