[Exclusive] Kim Hyun-ah, Former Saenuri Party Proportional Representative, Appointed as SH President (Comprehensive)

After Mayor Oh Se-hoon's Inauguration, Kim Hyun-ah, a Former Lawmaker Close to Him, Nominated as First Construction Corporation President; Seoul City Council Receives Personnel Hearing Report Request...Intense Scrutiny Expected at Hearing Scheduled for the 19th

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has nominated Kim Hyun-ah, former Saenuri Party proportional representative lawmaker (52), as the president of SH.

SH, a Seoul city-affiliated organization, had been vacant since former president Kim Se-yong (former Korea University professor) completed his three-year term and applied for the LH president position, and was virtually nominated on March 7, but the LH scandal caused the vacancy.

Accordingly, SH has been led by Hwang Sang-ha, Planning and Management Headquarters Director, as acting president for about three months since Mayor Oh was elected in the Seoul mayoral by-election on April 7 and took office.

Last month, SH formed a president candidate recommendation committee and interviewed candidates including former lawmaker Kim Hyun-ah and Jung Yoo-seung, SH Urban Regeneration Headquarters Director (former Seoul Housing Bureau Director), ranking Kim as the first choice and Jung as the second, and submitted the list to Seoul City.

Notably, Mayor Oh appointed Kim, a member of the People Power Party, as the first president of a Seoul city-affiliated organization after taking office.

Accordingly, on the morning of the 4th, Seoul City informed the Seoul Metropolitan Council’s Urban Planning and Management Committee (Chairman Kim Hee-geol) of the plan to recommend Kim as the SH president candidate.

Seoul City was scheduled to send an official letter on the 5th to formally request a hearing for candidate Kim at the Seoul Metropolitan Council, but it is known that the letter will be sent around the 7th due to Kim’s incomplete preparation of materials.

The Seoul Metropolitan Council has appointed No Sik-rae, vice chairman of the Urban Planning and Management Committee, as the chair of the SH president personnel hearing committee, and the hearing is scheduled to be held on the 19th to begin a full-scale verification.

One hearing committee member warned, "I understand that candidate Kim had a very tough time during the personnel hearings for the current government’s minister candidates when he was a lawmaker," adding, "Candidate Kim will be scrutinized by the same standards in this hearing."

In particular, the Seoul Metropolitan Council is expected to intensively question candidate Kim about his ownership of multiple houses, including housing and officetels.

Candidate Kim for SH president graduated from Jeongsin Girls' High School, entered Kyungwon University’s Department of Urban Planning, earned master’s and doctoral degrees, served as a research fellow at Kyungwon Construction Industry Research Institute, ran as a Saenuri Party proportional representative candidate in the 20th National Assembly, and is a real estate expert who served as a lawmaker.

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