Yoon to Simultaneously Replace 1st and 2nd Vice Ministers of Ministry of Science and ICT on 23rd... Also Changes Head of Science and Technology Innovation Headquarters (Comprehensive Report 2)

First Vice Minister Lee Chang-yoon and Second Vice Minister Kang Do-hyun Appointed

President Yoon Suk-yeol is applauding the participants after delivering an encouragement speech at the 'Dialogue with Future Scientists' held on the 16th at ICC Hotel in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon.
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President Yoon Suk-yeol will carry out personnel changes on the 23rd, replacing the 1st and 2nd Vice Ministers of the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Head of the Science and Technology Innovation Headquarters. Lee Chang-yoon, Head of the Support Group of the National Science and Technology Advisory Council, is reportedly appointed as the new 1st Vice Minister, and Kang Do-hyun, Director of the Information and Communication Policy Office at the Ministry of Science and ICT, is appointed as the new 2nd Vice Minister.

On the 22nd, a senior official from the Presidential Office told Asia Economy in a phone interview, "An announcement regarding the appointments of the new 1st and 2nd Vice Ministers of the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Head of the Science and Technology Innovation Headquarters is scheduled for the 23rd." It was explained that the replacement of the vice ministers is due to the overall need for reform in the ministry handling science, technology, and information and communication policies.

Lee Chang-yoon, Head of the Support Group of the National Science and Technology Advisory Council, is reported to be appointed as the successor to the 1st Vice Minister. Lee has served as Director of the Research and Development Policy Office, Director of the Basic and Fundamental Research Policy Bureau, and Director of the Large-scale Public Research Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Science and ICT, and was dispatched to the National Science and Technology Advisory Council in September last year.

Kang Do-hyun, Director of the Information and Communication Policy Office at the Ministry of Science and ICT, has been appointed as the 2nd Vice Minister. Kang was selected as an outstanding manager in a survey conducted among the Ministry’s headquarters and affiliated institution staff when he served as Director of the AI-based Policy Office in 2020.

Ryu Kwang-jun, Science and Technology Innovation Coordinator at the Ministry of Science and ICT, is expected to be appointed as the Head of the Science and Technology Innovation Headquarters. Ryu, originally from the Ministry of Economy and Finance, is a finance and policy expert who has served as Policy Planning Officer at the Ministry of Science and ICT. All three appointments?the 1st and 2nd Vice Ministers and the Headquarters Head?are internal personnel from the Ministry of Science and ICT.

Earlier, on the night of the 7th, President Yoon answered the question "What kind of president do you want to be remembered as?" on KBS 1TV's special interview program "Visiting the Presidential Office," saying, "A warm president who cherishes children a lot, and a president who prepared for the future through the development of science and technology." On the 16th, he also presided over a public discussion on science and technology in Daejeon and called for reforms in the national research and development system.

This vice minister replacement is interpreted as an effort to change the atmosphere through personnel reform and to more strongly drive policies across the entire field of science and technology. By replacing all vice minister-level officials, the aim is to accelerate the pace of science and technology policy implementation.

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