[Profile] Yoo Young-min, New Chief of Staff to the President at the Blue House

[Asia Economy Reporter Son Sun-hee] Yoo Young-min, former Minister of Science and ICT (69), was appointed on the 31st as the third Chief of Staff to the President in the Moon Jae-in administration. He is expected to assist President Moon Jae-in until the end of his remaining term of about 1 year and 5 months.

The newly appointed Chief of Staff Yoo graduated from Busan Dongnae High School and Busan National University with a degree in Mathematics. He joined LG Electronics in 1979 and has served as Vice President of LG CNS, President of the Korea Software Promotion Agency, and Senior Research Fellow at POSCO Research Institute, among other positions, coming from a business background.

In 2016, Yoo was recruited when Moon Jae-in was the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea and ran for the general election but lost to Ha Tae-kyung, a candidate from the Saenuri Party at the time. Afterwards, in 2017, he served as the Digital Communication Committee Chair in Moon Jae-in’s presidential campaign and, following the inauguration, served as the first Minister of Science and ICT (then Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning).

▲Born 1951 ▲Busan Dongnae High School ▲Busan National University, Department of Mathematics ▲Vice President of LG CNS ▲President of Korea Software Promotion Agency ▲Senior Research Fellow at POSCO Research Institute ▲Democratic Party of Korea Busan Haeundae Gap District Chairman ▲Minister of Science and ICT

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