President Lee Jae Myung appointed Heo Jang, chairman of the ESG Committee of the Export-Import Bank of Korea, as the second vice minister of the Ministry of Finance and Economy, and Oh Tae-seok, chairman of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Planning and Evaluation, as the head of the Korea Aerospace Agency. In addition, President Lee appointed Kim Jwa-gwan, a chair professor at the Busan Catholic University, as the chairman of the National Water Management Committee, a first-rate minister-level official. Singer Kim Won-joong, often known as the track “Bawi Island,” was named as the ministerial-level chairman of the Asian Cultural Center City Development Committee. Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Kang Yoo-jung introduced the appointment at a Cheong Wa Dae briefing on the similar day.
Heo is an orthodox bureaucrat who served as a everlasting director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a world financial supervisor of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, and the director of growth finance. Kang stated, “Based on his abundant work experience and network, he is the right person to perform the second vice minister who oversees the international economy.”
Oh, who will lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, served as the first vice minister of science and know-how info and communication, and later served as an affiliate professor at Sogang University’s Graduate School of Technology and Management. Kang defined, “As he successfully led the launch of the Nuri spacecraft during his tenure as Vice Minister of Science and Technology, he will lead South Korea to become a space powerhouse based on his expertise in science and technology policies.”
Kim, the new chairman of the National Water Management Committee, performed environmental actions whereas serving as the chairman of the Busan and Gyeongnam Ecological Urban Research Institute’s Life Yard and the chairman of the Busan River Revival Civic Movement Headquarters. Kim Won-joong, who turned the chairman of the Asian Cultural Center City Creation Committee, served as the normal director of the Gwangju Peace Music Festival. Spokesman Kang emphasised, “He is a familiar person known to the public with the song ‘To the Jiknyeo’, which contains the pain of May 18 and the people’s desire for unification.”
Meanwhile, Kim Ho-chul, chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection, requested President Lee to nominate Lim Sun-sook, a lawyer for the login regulation agency, as the new audit committee member. The auditor of the Board of Audit and Inspection shall be appointed by the President at the request of the head of the Board of Audit and Inspection.
Lawyer Lim was born in Wando, Jeollanam-do in 1966 and graduated from Gwangju Salessio Girls’ High School and Chonnam National University’s Department of Justice. After passing the thirty eighth bar examination, he turned a authorized skilled from 1999 to February this yr. When President Lee was the celebration chief, he served as the supreme council member for the Democratic Party of Korea’s nomination from September 2022 to March 2023. Her husband is Chung Jin-wook of the Democratic Party (first-term Gwangju Nam-gu Gap).
[Reporter Oh Soo Hyun / Reporter Jin Young]