[Profile] Kim Haeng, Minister of Gender Equality and Family Nominee... Public Opinion Survey Expert and Former Journalist

Panel Activity as Public Opinion Survey Expert
Co-Spokesperson for the Presidential Office under the Park Geun-hye Administration
Director of the Institute for Gender Equality Education Promotion

Kim Haeng, former emergency response committee member of the People Power Party, has been nominated as the second Minister of Gender Equality and Family under the Yoon Suk-yeol administration.

On the 13th, Kim Dae-gi, Chief Secretary to the President, announced Kim as the candidate for the Minister of Gender Equality and Family, stating, "The candidate is a seasoned journalist who served as a specialist at JoongAng Ilbo and as a spokesperson for the Presidential Secretariat," and added, "We judged that he is the right person to smoothly carry out the duties of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family during this transitional period."

Born in 1959, Kim graduated from Hongik University High School for Girls affiliated with the College of Education and earned a bachelor's degree in Food and Nutrition from Yonsei University. He also completed doctoral coursework in sociology at the same university's graduate school. He is one of the leading public opinion survey experts in Korea, having served as head of the research department at the Korea Social Development Institute, head of the public opinion survey team at JoongAng Ilbo, CEO of The Open Society, and CEO of The Information. He also served as vice chairman of Wikitree, a social network news service.

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Kim entered politics in 2002 as the spokesperson for the election campaign committee when former lawmaker Chung Mong-joon of the Saenuri Party (the predecessor of the People Power Party) founded 'National Integration 21' and ran as a presidential candidate. He later worked as a conservative commentator on various broadcasts and was appointed co-spokesperson of the Blue House Presidential Secretariat upon the inauguration of the Park Geun-hye administration in 2013.

After stepping down as spokesperson, he was appointed the 6th president of the Korea Institute for Gender Equality Promotion and Education, an agency under the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, in 2014, where he built expertise in women's policy. In the 2016 20th National Assembly general election, he registered as a preliminary candidate for the Seoul Jung-gu and Seongdong-gu B constituency but did not receive party nomination. Later, during last year's local elections, he served as spokesperson for the People Power Party's nomination management committee and was appointed as an emergency response committee member of the People Power Party in September, actively engaging in party activities.

A ruling party official commented on Kim, saying, "Given his proactive role during his time on the emergency response committee, we expect him to be capable of handling the diverse duties of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, including women, human rights, youth, and family affairs."

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