Blue House Unusually Swaps Secretary for Civil Affairs and Secretary for Public Service Discipline Positions

Special Inspection Team Transferred to the Office of the Secretary for Civil Affairs

Secretaries under the Office of Civil Affairs at the Blue House have swapped positions.

Yonhap News Agency

According to the Blue House on April 25, Lee Taehyung, Secretary for Civil Affairs, and Jeon Chiyoung, Secretary for Public Office Discipline, exchanged posts and began working in their new roles starting April 24. As a result, the Special Inspection Team, which was previously under the Office of the Secretary for Public Office Discipline, has also moved to the Office of the Secretary for Civil Affairs. It is considered unusual for two secretaries of the same senior staff level within a single office to swap positions, especially given that the Secretary for Civil Affairs is regarded as a more senior role than the Secretary for Public Office Discipline.

The Blue House acknowledged the change in roles for the two secretaries but did not provide specific details regarding the reason for the reshuffle. The Secretary for Civil Affairs oversees inspections of high-ranking officials and supervises the prosecution, police, and other investigative agencies. Secretary Jeon Chiyoung, who passed the fifth bar examination, is considered relatively young within the Office of Civil Affairs. He previously represented President Lee Jaemyung in his appellate trial for violating the Public Official Election Act.

The Secretary for Public Office Discipline is responsible for vetting public officials and monitoring the status of discipline and duties within the public sector. Secretary Lee Taehyung, a graduate of the 24th class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute and a former deputy chief prosecutor, previously represented President Lee in the Daejang-dong case and the Ssangbangwool illegal remittance to North Korea case.

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