Yoon Bong-geun, Former Chairman of Gwangju City Council, Appointed as Special Member for National Communication of the Balanced Development Committee

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Former Gwangju City Council Chairman Yoon Bong-geun was appointed on the 1st of this month as a Special Committee Member for Public Communication of the Presidential Committee on Balanced National Development (Balanced Development Committee, BDC).

Former Chairman Yoon will oversee government policies related to President Moon Jae-in's pledges and regional balanced development.

In particular, he will serve as a ‘communication channel’ between the region and the government, urging the proper implementation of the current administration’s regional balanced development and related national tasks, representing the voices of Gwangju City and Jeollanam-do, and facilitating the smooth promotion of government policies aimed at resolving regional imbalances.

The BDC, a presidential advisory body, has been promoting national balanced development tasks such as selecting projects for decentralization and regional balanced development to achieve the government’s national goal of ‘evenly developed regions.’

It also deliberates and resolves matters including the operation and establishment of the National Balanced Development Special Account, which is approximately 10.7 trillion won in scale.

Former Chairman Yoon emphasized, “By faithfully implementing government policies and promised tasks related to local decentralization in the second half of the Moon Jae-in administration, I will do my best to ensure that regional development in the Honam area achieves visible results.”

Meanwhile, former Chairman Yoon was also appointed on the 29th of last month as a member of the Administrative Coordination Committee of the Prime Minister’s Office for a two-year term.

During his tenure as Gwangju City Council Chairman, Yoon served as the chairman of the National Association of City and Provincial Council Chairpersons, gaining experience in the interrelation of tasks related to 17 city and provincial local governments and central government policies. He also served as chairman of the Gwangju City Education Committee and as co-chairman of the Gwangju Joint Election Committee for Moon Jae-in’s presidential campaign in 2017.

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