Deputy Director Choi Hwan-cheol Appointed as Mobilization Planning Officer at the Ministry of National Defense

[Asia Economy Reporter Yang Nak-gyu]Choi Hwan-cheol (58), Deputy Director, has been promoted and appointed as a senior public official to the director-level Mobilization Planning Officer position, which has been held by active-duty generals.

According to the Ministry of National Defense on the 14th, the Mobilization Planning Officer is responsible for formulating policies for 2.75 million reserve forces. This position oversees the integration and modernization of nationwide training grounds, modernization of equipment and supplies, introduction of peacetime reserve service systems, establishment of the operational system for the Mobilization Forces Command, and improvement of reserve forces' treatment.

The newly appointed Mobilization Planning Officer Choi entered public service in 1986 through the level 9 open competitive exam and has worked at the Ministry of National Defense for 34 years, serving as Organization General Manager, Planning General Manager, Job Inspection Officer, Human Rights Officer, and Head of Cultural Policy Division, among other roles.

Meanwhile, this personnel appointment is part of the civilianization measures promoted since the end of last year, following partial amendments to the enforcement regulations of the Ministry of National Defense and its affiliated institutions' organizational rules. Due to the amendment at that time, the director-level positions of Mobilization Planning Officer and Informatization Planning Officer, which were previously appointed to active-duty major generals or brigadier generals, were converted to general senior public official positions belonging to the Senior Executive Service.

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