Kim In-cheol, Deputy Mayor of Nowon-gu, to Retire on the 10th

The honorary retirement ceremony of Kim In-cheol, Deputy Mayor of Nowon-gu, was held on the morning of the 10th at the small conference room on the 5th floor of Nowon-gu Office in Seoul.

Deputy Mayor Kim In-cheol began his public service career in 1989, serving as Director of Social Welfare in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul City Planning and Budget Office’s Municipal Planning Officer, and after his promotion to Local Deputy Director in 2010, worked as Deputy Mayor of Seongdong-gu. He also served as Management Planning Officer and Spokesperson at the Seoul City Planning and Coordination Office.

After his promotion to Local Director in 2015, he held various key positions including Director of the Seoul City Administration Bureau and Head of the Welfare Headquarters, contributing to the successful collaboration of Seoul’s major priority projects with autonomous districts.

He was then appointed Deputy Mayor of Nowon-gu in 2018, serving for over six years and concluding his 35-year public service career.

As Deputy Mayor, he unusually served a long term in Nowon-gu, contributing to transforming the district into a healing city by overseeing projects such as Bulamsan and Suraksan Healing Town, Baegun Valley development, and park regeneration initiatives throughout Nowon-gu.

The honorary retirement ceremony was attended by about 20 people including Mayor Oh Seung-rok, local institution heads, and staff, proceeding in the order of ▲video viewing ▲retirement speech ▲congratulatory speech by Mayor Oh Seung-rok ▲presentation of plaques of merit and appreciation ▲commemorative photo.

In his retirement speech, Deputy Mayor Kim said, “I sincerely thank Mayor Oh Seung-rok for willingly accepting me as Deputy Mayor and allowing me to work,” and expressed pride in having assisted the mayor in creating a ‘Healing City Nowon’ and ‘Cultural City Nowon.’

He continued, “Although I always renewed myself daily with passion to avoid complacency, my shortcomings were filled by the dedication, sacrifice, and passion of my senior and junior colleagues in Nowon-gu,” expressing his gratitude.

He also stated, “I am confident that under Mayor Oh Seung-rok’s passionate leadership and the hard work and dedication of all staff, Nowon-gu has established itself as the nation’s leading local government,” and concluded, “I will continue to support ‘Nowon, a Cultural City with a Promising Tomorrow’ as a member of the Nowon-gu family, wherever I am.”

Mayor Oh Seung-rok said, “Since the 7th term of our district’s elected government until now, the achievements we have made breathlessly were greatly due to the role of the Deputy Mayor as a senior public official and partner to the mayor,” and added, “I take this opportunity to express my gratitude and hope that you will continue to watch over the development of the region with love for Nowon-gu.”

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