New heads of finance, corporate watchdogs named
The two will not be members of the cabinet, but their rank is the same as cabinet ministers.
Jun has worked as an international finance expert for the past 25 years and served as South Korea’s ambassador for international finance as head of the Korea Center for International Finance. Jun was also a vice chairman of Woori Finance Holdings Co.
Baek, a free market economy advocate, has accumulated a wide range of experience in academic, political and private organizations.
He is currently working as a member of the Public Fund Oversight Committee.
President Lee also appointed Lee Seog-yeon, a prominent civic activist and lawyer, to head the Government Legislation Office, and Kim Yang, the South Korean consul in Shanghai, China, to lead the Patriots and Veterans Affairs Agency. Both have the rank of deputy minister.
Lee, a lawyer, passed the bar exam without a college degree.
He has a lot of experience working with civic groups and has been engaged in many constitutional lawsuits.
Kim is a grandson of Kim Koo, one of the country’s most revered independence fighters during Japan’s 1910-1945 colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula.
By Lee Min-a Staff Reporter [mina@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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