[6.29 Cabinet Reshuffle] Kim Oh-jin, 1st Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport... Leading the Presidential Office Yongsan Relocation

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Kim Oh-jin, the presidential office management secretary, has been appointed as the new 1st Vice Minister of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

Vice Minister Kim was born in 1966 in Gimcheon, Gyeongbuk. He graduated from Daegu Daegun High School, Hanyang University with a degree in Political Science and International Relations, and the University of Missouri in the United States with a degree in Political Science. He earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from Hanyang University.

He gained political experience as an aide and party official in the conservative party, the predecessor of the People Power Party, and served as the Chief Secretary of General Affairs during the Lee Myung-bak (MB) administration.

During the last presidential election, he joined Yoon Seok-yeol’s presidential campaign and took charge of the Blue House relocation task force (TF) at the Presidential Transition Committee. In this process, he was recognized for facilitating smooth communication with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. After the launch of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration, he was appointed as the management secretary of the presidential office.

▲1966 Gimcheon, Gyeongbuk ▲Daegu Daegun High School ▲Hanyang University, Department of Political Science and International Relations; Master’s and Ph.D. in Political Science from the same university ▲University of Missouri, Department of Political Science ▲Aide to Lee Hoi-chang, presidential candidate of the Grand National Party ▲Full-time deputy spokesperson of the Grand National Party ▲Researcher at Yeouido Institute ▲Chief Secretary of General Affairs during the Lee Myung-bak administration ▲Management Secretary of the Presidential Office

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