[Dec 4 Cabinet Reshuffle] Oh Young-joo, Minister of SMEs and Startups Nominee, 'Career Diplomat'

Passed the 22nd Foreign Service Exam... Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1988
First Female Vice Minister from Foreign Service Exam Background

On the 4th, President Yoon Suk-yeol nominated Oh Young-joo, the 2nd Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the new Minister of SMEs and Startups.

Oh Young-joo, nominee for Minister of SMEs and Startups, is expressing her thoughts on the 4th at the Presidential Office building in Yongsan, Seoul.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

Born in 1964 and a graduate of Ewha Womans University with a degree in Political Science and International Relations, nominee Oh is a so-called "traditional diplomat." She passed the 22nd Foreign Service Examination and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1988. Since then, she has served as Director of the Development Cooperation Bureau, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Multilateral Coordinator, and Director of the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy.

In 2014, during the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, she led the government’s emergency relief team dispatch.

When President Yoon was the president-elect, she was dispatched to the Presidential Transition Committee and worked as a specialist in the Foreign Affairs and Security Subcommittee. Recognized for her expertise in development cooperation, she also served as Ambassador to Vietnam.

In June, she was appointed as the successor to Lee Do-hoon as the 2nd Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Oh is the first female diplomat from the Foreign Service Examination to hold the position of Vice Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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