President Lee Appoints Lee Hyungil as Economic Deputy Prime Minister, Kim Seungwon as Justice Minister, and Kang Shincheol as Defense Minister

Chief Secretary Kang Hoonshik’s Briefing on the 30th
Hong Jisun for Land Minister, Lee Soyoung for SMEs, Yong Hyein for Gender Equality
Ha Jeongwoo, Former Chief AI Secretary, Nominated as Deputy Chair of the AI Strategy Committee

On the 30th, President Lee Jaemyung carried out a cabinet reshuffle affecting six ministries and appointed new staff to vacant positions at the Blue House.

Kang Hoon-sik, Secretary to the President, announced the details of this cabinet reshuffle in a briefing at the Blue House Press Hall that day.

Kang Hoon-sik, Secretary to the President, is giving a briefing on personnel matters at the Blue House Press Hall on the 30th. Photo by Yonhap News

For Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, who will lead the country’s economic policy, Lee Hyung-il, the current First Vice Minister of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, was nominated. Hong Jisun, the Second Vice Minister at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, was nominated as the candidate for Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, while Lee Soyoung, an assemblywoman from the Democratic Party of Korea, was selected as the candidate for Minister of SMEs and Startups.

Kang Shincheol, former Deputy Commander of the ROK-US Combined Forces Command, was nominated as the candidate for Minister of National Defense. Kim Seungwon, an assemblyman, was nominated as the candidate for Minister of Justice. For Minister of Gender Equality and Family, Yong Hyein, leader of the Basic Income Party, was chosen as the candidate.

Meanwhile, along with the cabinet reshuffle, Lee Haemin, an assemblyman from the National Innovation Party, was appointed as the Chief Presidential Secretary for AI Future Planning at the Blue House. Lee Wonjoo, the Director of Energy Transition Policy at the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, became the Blue House Advisor for Mega Projects. Kim Kyungsoo, former chair of the Regional Era Committee, was appointed as Special Presidential Advisor for Government Affairs.

Ha Jeongwoo, former Chief of AI at the Blue House, was nominated as the Vice Chair of the National AI Strategy Committee.

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