Han Duck-soo Passes National Assembly Threshold 10 Days After New Government Inauguration... Third Longest in History

Prime Minister nominee Han Duck-soo is attending the confirmation hearing held at the National Assembly on the 2nd. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] The appointment approval bill for Prime Minister Han Duck-soo was passed in the National Assembly plenary session on the 20th. With this, Prime Minister Han received parliamentary approval just 10 days after the government was launched.

Since the launch of the 6th Republic in 1987, which was based on the direct presidential election system, the period from inauguration to the processing of the prime minister appointment approval bill was the third longest for Prime Minister Han.

The case that took the longest time to receive approval was Kim Jong-pil (JP), the first prime minister candidate nominated during the Kim Dae-jung administration and honorary chairman of the United Liberal Democrats. At that time, the opposition party, the Grand National Party, opposed the approval citing Kim’s morality and involvement in the May 16 coup, resulting in approval only after 167 days since the government’s launch.

Former Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon of the Moon Jae-in administration also faced strong opposition from the opposition party due to allegations of false address registration, and the approval bill passed the National Assembly only after 21 days from the government’s launch.

Other prime ministers mostly had their approval bills passed in the plenary session within 5 days of the government’s launch.

Lee Hyun-jae, the first prime minister of the Roh Tae-woo administration, was approved 5 days after the government launch (February 25, 1988), and Hwang In-seong, the first prime minister of the Kim Young-sam administration, had his appointment approval bill processed in the National Assembly on the day of the presidential inauguration.

After the enactment of the Personnel Hearing Act, Ko Gun, the first prime minister of the Roh Moo-hyun administration, was approved by the National Assembly 2 days after the government launch, and Han Seung-soo, the first prime minister of the Lee Myung-bak administration, was approved 4 days after the launch.

Jung Hong-won, the first prime minister of the Park Geun-hye administration, also had his appointment approval bill processed in the National Assembly the day after the presidential inauguration.

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