Seoul Metropolitan Council Begins Verification of Kim Hyun-ah, SH Corporation Nominee... Confirmation Hearing on the 19th

Kim Hyun-ah, Emergency Response Committee member of the United Future Party, is being interviewed on the 2nd at the Goyang Dasijak Urban Research Institute in Gyeonggi./Goyang=Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hye-min] The Seoul Metropolitan Council has begun the verification process for Kim Hyun-ah, the nominee for president of the Seoul Housing and Communities Corporation (SH).

On the 5th, the council announced that it had formed the 'Special Committee for the Personnel Hearing of the SH Corporation President Nominee' and started a full review of materials and personnel verification. The committee chairperson is Assemblyman Noh Sik-rae (Democratic Party, Yongsan 2), who is the vice-chair of the Urban Planning Committee. The special committee consists of 15 members including Assemblyman Noh, with Lee Seong-bae (Proportional Representation) from the People Power Party being the only member from that party.

The personnel hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. on the 19th. The council initially considered holding it on the 14th but postponed it to ensure thorough verification, citing a delay in the submission of the personnel hearing request. The hearing must be held within 10 days from the date requested by the Seoul Mayor.

After the hearing, the council will send a progress report to the Seoul Mayor. However, the hearing results do not bind the mayor's appointment authority.

Previously, the executive recommendation committee, composed of members recommended by the Seoul City, the council, and SH Corporation, conducted first and second rounds of screening and recommended two candidates. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon ultimately nominated former People Power Party lawmaker Kim Hyun-ah as the candidate.

Nominee Kim is an urban planning expert who earned her bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in urban planning from Gachon University. She served as a proportional representative lawmaker for the Saenuri Party (now People Power Party) during the 20th National Assembly and acted as an emergency committee member of the party from May last year to April this year. During her time as a lawmaker, Kim positioned herself as a critic of then Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Hyun-mi, strongly opposing the current government's housing policies.

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