Seoul City Overhauls Senior Political Appointments... Jang Hoon, Former Participatory Government Official, Appointed Head of Communication Strategy Office

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] Five political aides to assist Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon have been appointed and started working. According to analyses inside and outside City Hall, these new political appointees are highly likely to become the presidential campaign team that will serve concurrently with Mayor Park's term.

On the 27th, according to Seoul City, Jang Hoon, former Blue House Speech Records Secretary, was appointed as the new Director of the Communication Strategy Office, responsible for establishing and overseeing Mayor Park's internal and external messaging strategy. Director Jang previously worked as an administrative officer in the Speech Secretary Office of the Presidential Secretariat during the late President Roh Moo-hyun's administration.

Choi Byung-cheon, a former research fellow at the Democratic Research Institute, was appointed as the Livelihood Policy Advisor, and Jo Kyung-min, an urban planner and representative of the nonprofit organization Seoul Sanchaek, was appointed as the Planning Advisor. Additionally, Park Do-eun, who served as Seoul City's National Assembly and Political Party Cooperation Officer, was appointed as the External Cooperation Advisor, and Hwang Jong-seop, who served as the Political Advisor to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent, was appointed as the Policy Secretary.

Earlier on the 7th of this month, Ko Han-seok, former chairman of the Seoul Digital Foundation, was appointed as the new Chief Secretary to the Mayor.

Seoul City is currently undergoing a reshuffle of the political aide lineup as the halfway point of Mayor Park Won-soon's four-year term in the 7th local government, which ends in late June 2022, approaches at the end of June this year.

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