Kim Taehyun, President of the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation, Appointed as New Chairman of the National Pension Service

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-won] Kim Tae-hyun, president of the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation, has been nominated as the chairman of the National Pension Service.

According to political circles and the Ministry of Health and Welfare on the 1st, the National Pension Service recently conducted interviews and recommended to the Ministry of Health and Welfare that among Kim, the former president, and Kim Yong-ha, professor of IT Financial Management at Soonchunhyang University, Kim is expected to be appointed as the chairman of the service. The service is reportedly preparing to hold an inauguration ceremony on the 2nd.

The chairman position of the service has been filled after about four months since the resignation of former chairman Kim Yong-jin on April 18.

Kim, a former administrative examination pass, served in the Ministry of Finance and Economy and the Financial Services Commission before taking office as president of the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation in October last year. Considering that Kim has completed the interview process for the chairman position, the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation began the recruitment process for his successor at the end of last month.

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