Seoul Metropolitan Council Planning and Economy Committee Vice-Chairman Kang Dong-gil and Assemblyman Lee Tae-sung Appointed

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] The Planning and Economic Committee of the Seoul Metropolitan Council (Chairman Chae In-mook, Geumcheon 1) held a meeting of the Planning and Economic Committee during the recess of the 296th extraordinary session on the 23rd and appointed Assemblyman Kang Dong-gil (Democratic Party, Seongbuk 3) and Assemblyman Lee Tae-seong (Democratic Party, Songpa 4) as vice chairmen for the second half of the term.

Lee Taesung, Vice Chairman

At the meeting, Kang Dong-gil, who served as the vice chairman of the Administrative Autonomy Committee in the first half of the 10th Metropolitan Council and as the senior deputy representative of the Democratic Party, and Lee Tae-seong, an expert in the distribution of agricultural and marine products who actively engaged in legislative activities in the Planning and Economic Committee during the first half, were recommended as candidates for vice chairman and were elected respectively.

Vice Chairman Lee is from the Democratic Party's Songpa 4th electoral district, and has served as executive director at the Seoul Agricultural and Marine Products Corporation and Seoul Agricultural and Marine Products Wholesale Market Settlement Co., Ltd. He was active in the Planning and Economic Committee for two years during the first half of the 10th Metropolitan Council. Vice Chairman Lee Tae-seong expressed his thoughts upon election, saying, “I will play an intermediary role in the committee, communicate to ensure that the chairman and senior and junior assembly members can carry out their standing committee activities comfortably, and strive to resolve issues related to the local economy and jobs.”

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