Ministry of Health and Welfare Appoints Jeong Ho-won, Senior Specialist of People Power Party, as Level 1 Spokesperson

The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on the 25th that it has appointed Jeong Ho-won, senior expert of the People Power Party (photo, 57), as the new spokesperson, elevated to a first-grade position. The term begins on the 28th of this month.

Born in 1966, the new spokesperson Jeong graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in Social Welfare and earned a master's degree in Social Policy from the University of York in the UK. He has held key positions such as Director of Pension Policy Division and Director of Population Policy Division at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, as well as Childcare Policy Officer and Director General of Pension Policy Bureau. In August last year, he moved to the People Power Party’s Policy Committee as a senior expert on health and welfare, working at the National Assembly for about a year.

The government upgraded the spokesperson positions of seven ministries from director-level (grade 2) to chief-level (grade 1) to strengthen policy promotion. The seven ministries are the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ministry of Employment and Labor, Ministry of the Interior and Safety, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

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