Deputy Director of KDCA Appointed as Kim Hyun-jun, Head of MOHW Global Vaccine Hub Promotion Team

Kim Hyun-jun, New Deputy Director of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency / Photo by Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency

[Asia Economy Reporter Noh Kyung-jo] The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency announced on the 19th that Kim Hyun-jun, head of the Global Vaccine Hub Promotion Team at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, has been appointed as the new Deputy Director.

Deputy Director Kim, born in 1965, graduated from the Department of African Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and the Graduate School of Public Administration at Seoul National University. He began his public service career in 1995 after passing the 39th Administrative Examination and has served as the Medical Security Review Officer, Director of the Disability Policy Bureau, and Director of the Health Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Health and Welfare. He also served as the head of the Infectious Disease Control Center at the Disease Control Headquarters, the predecessor of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.

The current Deputy Director Kim Heon-joo will move to the position of Planning and Coordination Office Director at the Ministry of Health and Welfare as of the 21st.

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