Song Jeong-ae, Third Female Commissioner-General in Police History... Appointment of Superintendent General Made

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] On the 5th, the government carried out a police commissioner assignment, including appointing Song Jeong-ae, Deputy Commissioner of the Chungnam Provincial Police Agency, as the Police Bureau Personnel Planning Officer at the National Police Agency.

Commissioner Song was appointed as the third female director in the history of the National Police Agency headquarters. She was promoted from Police Superintendent to Police Commissioner in the personnel announcement the day before. This is the third case of a woman being appointed as a director at the National Police Agency, following Lee Geum-hyung, former Busan Provincial Police Agency Chief who served as Director of the Police Administration Bureau, and Lee Eun-jung, current Police University President who served as Personnel Planning Officer at the National Police Agency.

Additionally, Choi Seung-ryeol, Deputy Commissioner of the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency’s 3rd Division, who was promoted to Police Commissioner the day before, was appointed as Director of the Investigation Bureau at the National Police Agency; Kim Gap-sik, Head of the Investigation Department at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, was appointed as Director of the Cyber Safety Bureau; Yoo Jin-gyu, Head of the Administration Department at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, was appointed as Director of the Traffic Bureau; Kim Jun-cheol, Police Administrator at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, was appointed as Director of the Security Bureau; Lee Moon-soo, Head of the Information Management Department at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, was appointed as Director of the Intelligence Bureau; and Woo Jong-su, Acting Principal of the Central Police Academy, was appointed as Deputy Commissioner of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.

There were also transfers among Police Commissioners. Choi Gwan-ho, Chief of the Gwangju Police Agency, will move to the position of Planning and Coordination Officer at the National Police Agency; Noh Seung-il, Chief of the Chungbuk Police Agency, to Director of the Security Bureau; Kim Nam-hyun, Chief of the Jeonnam Police Agency, to Director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau; Lee Myung-gyo, Chief of the Chungnam Police Agency, to President of the Police Human Resources Development Institute; Lee Young-sang, Director of the Traffic Bureau at the National Police Agency, to Chief of the Daegu Police Agency; Kim Gyo-tae, Planning and Coordination Officer at the National Police Agency, to Chief of the Gwangju Police Agency; and Lee Gyu-moon, Director of the Investigation Bureau at the National Police Agency, to Chief of the Daejeon Police Agency.

Furthermore, Kim Gyu-hyun, Personnel Planning Officer at the National Police Agency, was transferred to Chief of the Gangwon Police Agency; Im Yong-hwan, Deputy Commissioner of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, to Chief of the Chungbuk Police Agency; Lee Cheol-gu, Director of the Security Bureau at the National Police Agency, to Chief of the Chungnam Police Agency; Jin Gyo-hoon, Director of the Intelligence Bureau at the National Police Agency, to Chief of the Jeonbuk Police Agency; Kim Jae-gyu, Chief of the Gangwon Police Agency, to Chief of the Jeonnam Police Agency; Yoon Dong-chun, Director of the Security Bureau at the National Police Agency, to Chief of the Gyeongbuk Police Agency; Nam Gu-jun, Director of the Cyber Safety Bureau at the National Police Agency, to Chief of the Gyeongnam Police Agency; and Kim Won-jun, Director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau at the National Police Agency, to Chief of the Jeju Police Agency. Jo Yong-sik, Chief of the Jeonbuk Police Agency, and Park Geon-chan, Chief of the Gyeongbuk Police Agency, have entered retirement.

With this Police Commissioner personnel reshuffle, all 10 Police Commissioners at the director level, who serve as aides to the Commissioner General in establishing and implementing police policies, have been replaced. Previously, with the promotion and appointment of Song Min-heon, Chief of the Daegu Police Agency, to Deputy Commissioner (Senior Commissioner), the entire senior leadership of the National Police Agency at the Police Commissioner level and above has changed since Commissioner General Kim Chang-ryong took office.

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