Candidate for Minister of Industry, Moon Bong-gyu... Budget and Finance Expert 'Economic Specialist'

On the 22nd, President Yoon Suk-yeol nominated Ban Seon-gyu, the Minister of State for Policy Coordination, as the new Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy. Ban Seon-gyu, the nominee for Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, is an economic expert from the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and has served as the inaugural Minister of State for Policy Coordination under the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, specializing in budget and finance.

Born in 1962 in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Ban graduated from Suwon Suseong High School and earned a bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature from Seoul National University. He received a Ph.D. in Public Administration from Sungkyunkwan University. He entered public service in 1984 by passing the 28th Administrative Examination and was responsible for fiscal policy at the Ministry of Finance and other agencies. In 1995, he obtained a master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard University and was dispatched to the World Bank, where he worked as a senior public development specialist.

At the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, he held various positions related to finance and budgeting, including Performance Management Officer, Spokesperson, Social Budget Officer, Budget General Officer, and Director of the Budget Office. During the Roh Moo-hyun administration in 2006, he served as an administrative officer at the Blue House. Subsequently, he served as the 2nd Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance and Vice Minister of Health and Welfare, and in 2019, under the Moon Jae-in administration, he was appointed President of the Export-Import Bank of Korea.

Visiting Kyu, the current Director of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, nominated as the new Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy. (File photo) [Image source=Yonhap News]

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