[6.29 Cabinet Reshuffle] Lee Seonghee, Former Labor Secretary under Park Administration, Nominated as Vice Minister of Employment and Labor

Lee Seong-hee, a research fellow at the Korea Labor Institute who served as the labor secretary during the Park Geun-hye administration, has been nominated as the new Deputy Minister of Employment and Labor.

On the morning of the 29th, Kim Dae-gi, Chief of Staff to the President, announced the new appointments for the Yoon Suk-yeol administration at the Presidential Office in Yongsan, Seoul.

The nominee is from Cheongju, Chungbuk, graduated from Cheongju High School and the Department of Metallurgical Engineering at Seoul National University College of Engineering, earned a master's degree in business administration from Korea University Graduate School of Labor Studies, and a doctorate in business administration from Korea University Graduate School.

He worked as a labor reporter for the monthly magazine "Gilchatneun Saramdeul" and has held positions such as editor-in-chief of Maeil Labor News, chairman of the Incheon Regional Labor Relations Commission, secretary-general of the Central Labor Relations Commission, and research fellow at the Korea Labor Institute’s Labor-Management and Social Policy Research Division.

From 2015 to 2017, during the Park Geun-hye administration, he served as the labor secretary in the Office of the Senior Secretary for Employment and Welfare at the Blue House.

Below is the profile of the nominee:

▲ Cheongju, Chungbuk (61) ▲ Cheongju High School ▲ Seoul National University College of Engineering, Department of Metallurgical Engineering ▲ Korea University Graduate School of Labor Studies, Department of Business Administration ▲ Labor reporter for the monthly magazine "Gilchatneun Saramdeul" ▲ Labor reporter for the monthly magazine "Sahoe Pyeongron" ▲ Public interest commissioner in charge of mediation at the Seoul Regional Labor Relations Commission ▲ Editor-in-chief of Maeil Labor News ▲ Research fellow at the Korea Labor Institute ▲ Policy advisor to the Minister of Construction and Transportation ▲ Chairman of the Incheon Regional Labor Relations Commission ▲ Secretary-General and Director of Mediation and Arbitration at the Central Labor Relations Commission ▲ Labor Secretary in the Office of the Senior Secretary for Employment and Welfare at the President’s Office

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