President Lee Jae Myung appointed Oh Tae-seog, a profession science bureaucrat with three a long time in authorities, to head the Korea Aerospace Administration, Cheong Wa Dae introduced Monday.
Oh has held two of the Ministry of Science and ICT’s influential posts: first vice minister and chief coordinator for science and know-how innovation.
Oh presently heads the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation and Planning, the federal government assume tank chargeable for vetting main nationwide R&D spending and assessing efficiency.
“Since joining the then–Ministry of Science and Technology through the civil service examination, he has spent the past 30 years working across the major fields of science and technology policy,” presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung mentioned throughout a press briefing. He described Oh as “a career science and technology administrator.”
During his tenure as first vice minister, Oh served as chair of the Nuri Launch Vehicle Launch Management Committee and efficiently led the launch course of, Kang defined.
“(Oh) has a strong understanding of space and aerospace technologies and industry, as well as of the organizational structure of the Korea Aerospace Administration,” Kang added.
Lee additionally named Huh Chang, presently chair of the ESG Committee on the Export-Import Bank of Korea, as second vice minister of economic system and finance.
“Based on his experience and network across the overall field of international economic affairs, he is the right person to effectively carry out the duties of the second vice minister, who oversees international economic affairs and national treasury management,” Kang said of Huh.
“In particular, he is expected to ensure the stable management of exports and exchange rates, while formulating and implementing economic policies that will help elevate the Korean economy to the next level.”
Huh brings intensive expertise in worldwide finance and improvement coverage, having served as Korea’s govt director on the International Monetary Fund, deputy minister for worldwide financial affairs, director-general of the Development Finance Bureau, and minister-counselor at Korea’s everlasting mission to the OECD.
Lee appointed Kim Jwa-kwan, a distinguished chair professor at Catholic University of Pusan, as chair of the Presidential Water Commission, Cheong Wa Dae mentioned.
“He is an expert in the fields of water resources and the environment and has led environmental activism on the ground for more than 30 years, while also possessing extensive experience providing policy advice to the central government and local governments,” Kang defined. “He will strengthen response capabilities within the period of the local weather disaster and can stability and resolve the various urgent challenges, together with resolving interregional water conflicts.”