Gyeongbuk Province Appoints Former Minister of the Interior and Safety Jeong Jong-seop as Director of the Korea National Institute of Korean Studies

Jeong Jong-seop, former Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, appointed as the 10th President of the Korea Institute of Korean Studies.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Gyeongsangbuk-do announced on the 28th that it has appointed Jeong Jong-seop, former Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, as the 10th President of the Korea National Institute of Korean Studies.

The Korea National Institute of Korean Studies (Chairman Lee Cheol-woo, Governor of Gyeongbuk) finalized former Minister Jeong Jong-seop as the successor to the 9th President Jo Hyun-jae, who retired in February, after going through the Executive Recommendation Committee and the Board of Directors.

Jeong Jong-seop, a native of Gyeongju, graduated from Seoul National University Law School, passed the 24th Judicial Examination, and served as a Constitutional Research Officer at the Constitutional Court, Dean of Seoul National University Law School and Dean of the Law School, the 1st Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, a member of the 20th National Assembly, and a director of the Korea National Institute of Korean Studies.

Gyeongbuk Province expects that with President Jeong Jong-seop, who has accumulated extensive experience in central government agencies and Korean studies, the Korea National Institute of Korean Studies will lead the popularization and globalization of Korean studies and become a competitive institution in developing Korean studies-based cultural content.

The newly appointed President Jeong Jong-seop will receive his appointment letter from Lee Cheol-woo, Governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do, on the 29th.

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