Police Superintendent General Promotion Personnel... 5 out of 7 from the Korean National Police University (Comprehensive)

Choi Gwan-ho, Lee Gyu-moon, Lee Cheol-gu, Jin Gyo-hoon Promoted to Police Commissioner
Kim Kwang-ho, Headquarters Spokesperson, and 6 Others Promoted to Senior Superintendent

From the left, Choi Gwan-ho, Planning and Coordination Officer of the National Police Agency; Lee Gyu-moon, Deputy Chief of Investigation of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency; Lee Cheol-gu, Chief of the Chungnam Provincial Police Agency; Jin Gyo-hoon, Chief of the Jeonbuk Provincial Police Agency.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-ju] On the 28th, the government carried out promotions for senior police officials, including the promotion of Choi Gwan-ho, Planning and Coordination Officer of the National Police Agency, to the rank of Commissioner General.

The individuals promoted to Commissioner General include Planning and Coordination Officer Choi Gwan-ho, Deputy Chief of Investigation at Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Lee Gyu-moon, Chief of Chungnam Police Agency Lee Cheol-gu, and Chief of Jeonbuk Police Agency Jin Gyo-hoon.

The rank of Commissioner General is directly below the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency and is considered a potential candidate pool for the next Commissioner General. Among the 130,000 police officers nationwide, there are only seven at this rank, including the Deputy Commissioner General, Chief of Seoul Police Agency, Chief of Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency, Chief of Busan Police Agency, Chief of Incheon Police Agency, President of the Korean National Police University, and Director of the National Investigation Headquarters.

This promotion also continued the trend of dominance by graduates of the Korean National Police University. The promoted Deputy Chief of Investigation Lee Gyu-moon (4th class), Chief of Chungnam Police Agency Lee Cheol-gu (4th class), and Chief of Jeonbuk Police Agency Jin Gyo-hoon (5th class) are all alumni of the Police University. Including existing Commissioner Generals such as Nam Gu-jun, Director of the National Investigation Headquarters (5th class), and Kim Won-jun, Chief of Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency (3rd class), five out of seven are Police University graduates. Planning and Coordination Officer Choi Gwan-ho is from the Executive Candidate Course, and Deputy Commissioner General Song Min-heon is a former administrative examination pass. Their regional origins are two from TK (Daegu·Gyeongbuk), two from Honam, and one each from Seoul, PK (Busan·Gyeongnam), and Chungcheong.

Additionally, six individuals are promoted to the rank of Commissioner, who will be appointed as chiefs of city and provincial police agencies excluding Seoul, directors of the National Police Agency, and deputy chiefs of Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. These include Kim Kwang-ho, spokesperson for the National Police Agency; Woo Cheol-moon, Policy Officer for Autonomous Police Cooperation at the National Police Agency; Kim Hak-gwan, Senior Superintendent dispatched to the Blue House National Situation Room; Lee Sang-ryul, Policy Officer for Public Safety at the National Police Agency; Park Sung-joo, Chief of Investigation at Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency; and Lee Myung-ho, Chief of Sejong Police Agency.

In previous years, appointments were made simultaneously with promotions to Commissioner General, but due to the autonomous police system to be implemented from July this year, appointments of city and provincial police chiefs must be consulted with each city and provincial autonomous police committee. Therefore, only promotions have been announced for now. Their appointments will be decided after consultations with the autonomous police committees next month.

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