President Roh Moo-hyun’s new cabinet

Prime Minister
Goh Kun
Jan. 2, 1938

Seoul
Seoul National University

Former Seoul mayor, prime minister, minister of home affairs, minister of agriculture and fisheries, minister of transportation

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Deputy Prime Minister of Finance and Economy
Kim Jin-pyo
May 4, 1947 (lunar calendar)

Suwon, Gyeonggi province
Seoul National University

Former vice minister of finance and economy, former senior secretary to the president for policy and planning

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Minister of Unification
Jeong Se-hyun
May 7, 1945 (lunar calendar)

Imsil, North Jeolla province
Seoul National University

Minister of unification, former vice minister of unification, former unification adviser to the National Intelligence Service

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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Yoon Young-kwan
Jan. 12, 1951 (lunar calendar)

Namwon, North Jeolla province
Seoul National University

Former head of foreign affairs transition team unit, international relations professor at Seoul National University

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Minister of Justice
Kang Gum-sil
Feb. 12, 1957

Jeju province
Seoul National University

Vice president of Lawyers for Democratic Society, former judge at the Seoul High Court, judge at Seoul Family Court

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Minister of National Defense
Cho Young-kil
May 9, 1940

Yeonggwang, South Jeolla province
Soongil High School

Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, professor at the Korea National Defense University

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Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs
Kim Doo-kwan
April 10, 1959

Namhae, South Gyeongsang province
Dong-A University

Former chief of Namhae County, publisher of Namhae Sinmun, village head in Gohyeon, South Gyeongsang province

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Minister of Science and Technology
Park Ho-koon
Dec. 1, 1947

Seoul
Seoul National University

President of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, former senior research fellow at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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Minister of Culture and Tourism
Lee Chang-dong
April 1, 1954

Daegu
Kyungpook National University

Film director, novelist, former professor at Korea National University of Arts, former Korean literature teacher at Shinil High School

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Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
Kim Young-jin
Nov. 17, 1947

Gangjin, South Jeolla province
Gangjin Agricultural High School

National Assembly member, former deputy floor leader of the New Democratic Party

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Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy
Yoon Jin-shik
March 4, 1946

Chungju, North Chungcheong province
Korea University

Deputy minister of finance and economy, former head of the Korea Customs Service

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Minister of Information and Communication
Chin Dae-je
Jan. 20, 1952

Uiryeong, South Gyeongsang province
Seoul National University

Head of Digital Media Business at Samsung Electronics, former chief technical officer at Samsung’s System LSI

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Minister of Health and Welfare
Kim Hwa-joong
Feb. 20, 1945

Nonsan, South Chungcheong province
Seoul National University

Former National Assembly member, dean of Graduate School of Public Health at Seoul National University

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Minister of Environment
Han Myung-sook
March 24, 1944

Pyeongyang, South Pyeongan province, North Korea
Ewha Womans University

Minister of gender equality, former representative of Korea Women’s Associations United

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Minister of Labor
Kwon Ki-hong
March 5, 1949

Daegu
Seoul National University

Professor of economics at Yeungnam University, former director of social, cultural and women’s group of the presidential transition team

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Minister of Gender Equality
Ji Eun-hee
June 26, 1947

Seoul
Ewha Womans University

Director of Korea Women’s Center for Social Research, member of the Presidential Commission on Women’s Affairs

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Minister of Construction and Transportation
Choi Jong-chan
March 15, 1950

Gangneung, Gangwon province
Seoul National University

Former vice minister of planning and budget, vice minister of construction and transportation

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Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Huh Sung-kwan
Nov. 12, 1947 (lunar calendar)

Masan, South Gyeongsang province
Dong-A University

Professor of business at Dong-A University, former member of presidential transition team’s economic group

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Minister of Planning and Budget
Park Bong-heum
Oct. 11, 1948

Milyang, South Gyeongsang province
Seoul National University

Vice minister of planning and budget, director of the Academy of Korean Studies

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Minister of Government Policy Coordination
Lee Young-tak,
Feb. 5 1947

Yeongju, North Gyeongsang province
Seoul National University

Director general for budget at Ministry of Finance and Economy, former presidential secretary for finance