President Moon Appoints Lee Ok-won as Blue House Economic Policy Secretary

Former Director General of Economic Policy at the Ministry of Economy and Finance... Seoul National University Economics Graduate, 35th Administrative Examination Passer

[Asia Economy Reporter Ryu Jeong-min] Kang Min-seok, spokesperson for the Blue House, announced on the 7th, "President Moon Jae-in has nominated Lee Ok-won, Director General of the Economic Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, as the Presidential Secretary for Economic Policy."

Lee Ok-won, the new Secretary for Economic Policy at the Blue House.
[Photo by the Blue House]

The newly appointed Economic Policy Secretary, Lee Ok-won, was born in 1967 and graduated from Kyungshin High School in Seoul, Seoul National University with a degree in Economics, and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Missouri State University in the United States. He passed the 35th Administrative Examination and has served as Director General of the Economic Policy Bureau and Director General of the Economic Structural Reform Bureau at the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Additionally, he has served as Chair of the WTO Domestic Regulation Working Group and as Minister-Counselor at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other international organizations.

Meanwhile, Do Gyu-sang, the outgoing Economic Policy Secretary from the Blue House, is expected to be assigned a new role. Secretary Do graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in Economics, studied at Michigan State University in the United States, and has worked at the Financial Services Commission and other institutions.

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