Chairman Woo Won-sik Appoints Former Lawmaker Kim Min-ki as Secretary General of the National Assembly

Appointment of Former Lawmaker Jo O-seop as Chief Secretary
Political Secretary Gwak Hyun, Policy Secretary Lee Won-jeong, Public Relations Secretary Park Tae-seo, Message Secretary Jo Kyung-sook

Former lawmaker Kim Min-ki. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Former Assemblyman Jo Oh-seop. [Image source=Yonhap News]

On the 7th, National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik appointed former lawmaker Kim Min-ki as Secretary General of the National Assembly and former lawmaker Jo Oh-seop as Chief Secretary.

Kim Min-ki, who was nominated as Secretary General, is a three-term lawmaker who previously served as Chair of the National Assembly Intelligence Committee and the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee. He also served as Secretary General of the Democratic Party in 2022. Kim said, "I will do my best to assist the Speaker in creating a National Assembly focused on people’s livelihoods and reform."

The Chief Secretary system was reorganized from the existing three chiefs (Political Affairs, Policy, Public Relations) to four chiefs (Political Affairs, Policy, Public Relations, Message). Kwak Hyun, a former aide to Speaker Woo during his time as a lawmaker, was appointed Chief of Political Affairs; Lee Won-jung, former director of the Democratic Party’s Euljiro Committee, was appointed Chief of Policy; Park Tae-seo, former director of current affairs production at KBS News Headquarters, was appointed Chief of Public Relations; and Jo Kyung-sook, former senior administrator at the Blue House, was appointed Chief of Message.

Lee Ji-hwan, a former aide, was appointed Political Coordination Secretary responsible for political affairs. Jo Sang-ho, a lawyer who has consistently voiced opinions on political innovation and prosecution reform while handling the Daejang-dong case of Representative Lee Jae-myung, was appointed Secretary for Institutional Innovation, responsible for constitutional amendment, National Assembly innovation, and prosecution reform legislation. Park Hyun-seok, who served as head of the Democratic Party’s Legal Support Group, was nominated as Policy Coordination Secretary. Kim Sung-yong, former vice-chairman of the Democratic Party’s Basic Social Committee, was appointed Secretary for Livelihood Policy, and Im Do-gyun, head of the Business Promotion Office at the Gwangju Climate Energy Promotion Agency, was nominated as Secretary for Climate Policy. Lee Soo-nam, a former aide, was appointed Policy Planning Secretary, and Park Young-sun, former policy aide to the Minister of Gender Equality and Family, was appointed Public Relations Planning Secretary.

Speaker Woo stated, "We must realize a working National Assembly that takes responsibility from strengthening the National Assembly’s authority for constitutional amendment and establishment of the separation of powers, to social dialogue addressing current issues such as labor transition, inequality resolution, low birthrate, climate crisis, and regional extinction."

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