Seongheon Lee, Mayor-elect of Seodaemun-gu, Launches Transition Committee... Chair Jin Heeseon, Former Seoul Deputy Mayor

15 Experts from Various Fields Form 5 Innovation Subcommittees Including Economic Innovation and Educational Cultural Innovation

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] The transition committee for the 8th term Seodaemun District Mayor officially launched on the 10th.
Lee Seongheon, who was elected as the Seodaemun District Mayor in the June 1st nationwide local elections, held the inauguration ceremony of the transition committee at the Planning Situation Room on the 3rd floor of Seodaemun District Office and began the formal handover of duties.

The transition committee is composed of 15 experts from various fields to establish the direction and policy framework for the 8th term district administration.

Jin Heeseon (58), a special professor in the Department of Urban Engineering at Yonsei University and former Deputy Mayor for Administration of Seoul, was appointed as the chairperson of the transition committee.

After receiving appointment letters from the mayor-elect, the committee held its first plenary meeting and decided to establish five subcommittees within the transition committee: ▲Economic Innovation ▲Education and Cultural Innovation ▲Life Care Welfare Innovation ▲New Development Innovation ▲Environmental and Transportation Innovation.

Each subcommittee will include advisory members and administrative staff in addition to the transition committee members.

To this end, the transition committee plans to appoint about 50 experts with extensive knowledge and experience from various fields as advisory members to gather diverse opinions.

The transition committee office will be set up in the Planning Situation Room on the 3rd floor of Seodaemun District Office. After receiving reports on district administration tasks, it will begin an internal review of key projects and pressing issues across all departments.

Mayor-elect Lee Seongheon stated, “I will faithfully keep the promise to create a ‘new Seodaemun era’ where all residents are happy and want to live,” and added, “I will surely repay the trust given by the residents with a brilliant leap forward for Seodaemun.”

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