Choi Dallyeong Appointed as New Secretary General of Board of Audit and Inspection, Yoo Byeongho as Audit Commissioner

Secretary-General Yoo to Succeed Im Chan-woo as Audit Committee Member

Choi Dal-young, the first deputy secretary general of the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI), has been appointed as the new Secretary General of the BAI. Yoo Byung-ho, the current Secretary General, will move to the position of Audit Commissioner, succeeding Im Chan-woo, whose term ends on the 17th.

On the 16th, Choi Jae-hae, Chairman of the BAI, announced that he had recommended Choi Dal-young for the new Secretary General position the previous day, and the appointment was approved as of the 18th.

Born in 1968, the new Secretary General Choi graduated from the Police University with a degree in law and earned a master's degree in public administration from Syracuse University in the United States. After passing the 35th Administrative Examination in 1991, he began his public service career in 1996 and transferred to the BAI the following year. He has held key positions including first deputy secretary general, director of the Planning and Coordination Office, and director of the Special Investigation Bureau.

During his time as a practitioner in 2008, he designed and introduced the "Active Administration Exemption System," and while serving as the head of the Active Administration Support Group in 2018, he established the "Pre-consultation System," contributing to fostering a proactive administrative culture among public officials. While serving as director of the Planning and Coordination Office, he led the introduction of the "High-Risk Priority Areas" system, which is credited with laying the foundation for the BAI to focus its audit capabilities on major risk factors in national society.

In 2018 and 2020, he was selected as a "Senior Colleague to Emulate" in leadership evaluations conducted by BAI staff.

Yoo Byung-ho, who served as Secretary General of the BAI since June 2022, shortly after the launch of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration, will move to the position of Audit Commissioner.

The new Audit Commissioner Yoo was born in 1967 in Hapcheon, Gyeongnam. He graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in political science and earned a master's degree in public administration from the same university. He also obtained a master's degree in law from Indiana University in the United States and is licensed as an attorney in New York State.

After passing the 38th Administrative Examination in 1994, he began his public service career in 1995 and transferred to the BAI in 1997. He has held key positions including Secretary General, director of the Public Institution Audit Bureau, director of the Deliberation Office, director of the Local Administration Audit Bureau 1, director of the Defense Audit Bureau, and director of the IT Audit Group.

He led audits such as the "Inspection related to the West Sea Public Officials Killing Incident" and the "Audit of Major National Statistics Preparation and Utilization." He is recognized for his efforts to break away from traditional personnel practices that prioritize seniority and rank.

Both the Secretary General, a vice-ministerial political position, and the Audit Commissioners are appointed by the President upon the recommendation of the Chairman of the BAI.

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