[Profile] Hyun Soo-yeop Appointed as First Vice Minister of Health and Welfare… Rapid Promotion Just Six Months After Director-General Appointment

A Veteran Official with Extensive Experience in Health and Welfare

Hyun Soo-yeop, the First Vice Minister of Health and Welfare, is a career official in the health and welfare sector who entered public service after majoring in nursing and has extensive experience in emergency medical care, insurance, and childcare policy.

Vice Minister Hyun began her public service career after graduating from the Department of Nursing at Seoul National University and passing the 42nd Civil Service Examination. She has served as Director of the Health Insurance and Pharmaceutical Policy Division, Director of the Emergency Medical Services Division, Director of the Korean Medicine Policy Division, Director of the Childcare Policy Division, and Director of the Health and Medical Technology Development Division at the Ministry of Health and Welfare. She was promoted to the rank of director-general, where she served as spokesperson and Director-General for Population and Child Policy, accumulating broad experience in the health and welfare fields.

In June of last year, when the Lee Jaemyung administration was launched, she was dispatched to the National Policy Planning Committee, which effectively served as the presidential transition team, and contributed to laying the groundwork for the current administration's health and welfare policies.

After serving as Public Relations Officer and spokesperson at the director-general level, she was rapidly promoted to vice minister just six months after being reappointed as spokesperson in November of last year, when the position was elevated to first grade (director-general level).

She has been recognized both inside and outside the ministry for her active communication and rational approach to work. She is also well known as a "mother of four children."

She was the first female spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and following Lee Bonghwa, Jang Okju, and Lee Seuran, she is the fourth woman to serve as vice minister of health and welfare.

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