Sungjoo Lee, Director of iMBC, Named as New President-Designate of MBC

Official Appointment at Shareholders’ Meeting on September 14

Sungjoo Lee, a director at iMBC, has been named as the new President-Designate of MBC.

Sungjoo Lee, President-Designate of MBC. MBC

The board of Foundation for Broadcast Culture (FBC), the major shareholder of MBC, interviewed the two final presidential candidates in a public session and held a vote during an extraordinary board meeting on September 13. As a result, Director Sungjoo Lee was chosen as the new president-designate of MBC.

Lee joined MBC as a reporter in 1995 and served as the head of the MBC Chapter of the National Union of Mediaworkers from 2013 to 2015. After working as Director of Media Planning at MBC, he became a management director at iMBC in 2024.

Lee is scheduled to be officially appointed president at MBC's shareholders’ meeting to be held on September 14. The term of office is three years.

This appointment marks the first case in which the public has participated in the selection of a public broadcaster's president under the revised Broadcasting Act. The President Candidate National Recommendation Committee, comprised of 150 citizens, listened to the policy presentations of four candidates, held discussion sessions, conducted a Q&A, and recommended two final candidates to the board.

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