Gyeonggi-do Replaces Over Half of Director-Level Officials Including Grade 2 Chiefs and Deputy Heads

Gyeonggi Provincial Government Gwanggyo New Office Building

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province carried out a regular personnel reshuffle at the director-general level as of January 1, 2023, along with the implementation of the organizational restructuring for the 8th term of the elected government on the 30th to realize the "Opportunity Gyeonggi at the Center of Change."

With this organizational restructuring and the director-general level personnel reshuffle, the province plans to actively promote projects to realize the three major visions of the 8th term of the elected government in Gyeonggi Province: "More Opportunities, More Equitable Opportunities, and Better Opportunities."

Accordingly, the province reassigned all four level 2 director positions: Yeon Je-chan was appointed as Director of the Safety Management Office, Lee Gye-sam, Chief of the Council Secretariat, as Director of the Urban Housing Office, Lee Hee-jun, Deputy Mayor of Yongin, as Director of the Economic Investment Office, and Choi Byung-gap, Acting Director, as Director of the Balanced Development Planning Office.

More than half of the level 3 bureau chiefs were also replaced. Yoon Sung-jin was appointed as Head of the Urban Regeneration Promotion Team for the regeneration of aging new towns from the 1st and 2nd phases and old downtown areas, Im Soon-taek, Acting Director, as Head of the Gyeonggi Northern Special Autonomous Province Promotion Team for the establishment of the Gyeonggi Northern Special Autonomous Province, and Hwang Hak-yong as Head of the Gyeonggi International Airport Promotion Team to attract the Gyeonggi International Airport, thereby laying the foundation for promoting key pledges of the 8th term of the elected government.

Meanwhile, the province appointed the following as deputy heads of city and county governments: ▲Ryu Kwang-yeol, Deputy Mayor of Yongin ▲Lee Jin-chan, Deputy Mayor of Seongnam ▲Song Jae-hwan, Deputy Mayor of Bucheon ▲Jang Young-geun, Deputy Mayor of Anyang ▲Eom Jin-seop, Deputy Mayor of Gimpo ▲Kim Jin-gi, Deputy Mayor of Paju ▲Kang Hyun-do, Deputy Mayor of Osan ▲Ha Seung-jin, Deputy Mayor of Gwacheon.

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