President Moon appoints secretaries including Park Kyung-mi, Tak Hyun-min, and Han Jung-woo (Comprehensive)

Overseas Press Secretary Lee Jisoo, Press Office Chief Kim Jaejun, Citizen Participation Secretary Lee Giheon, Social Integration Secretary Jo Kyungho

[Asia Economy Reporter Ryu Jeong-min] President Moon Jae-in has appointed Park Kyung-mi, a former member of the Democratic Party of Korea, as the new Education Secretary. Tak Hyun-min, a presidential event planning advisor, has been appointed as the new Protocol Secretary. Han Jung-woo, the Chunchoo-gwan chief, has been appointed as the new Public Relations Planning Secretary.

The Blue House announced the results of the presidential secretary personnel reshuffle on the 31st based on these details. Park Kyung-mi, a former member of the 20th National Assembly, will continue her public service career as the Blue House Education Secretary. Park Kyung-mi graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in Mathematics Education and served as a professor in the Mathematics Education Department at Hongik University.

As expected, Tak Hyun-min was included in this Blue House personnel reshuffle as the Protocol Secretary. He graduated from the Sociology Department at Sungkonghoe University and has served as an adjunct professor at Sungkonghoe University and as a senior administrator in the Presidential Protocol Secretary’s Office.

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Han Jung-woo, appointed as the new Public Relations Planning Secretary and chief of Chunchoo-gwan, graduated from the Department of Korean History at the University of Seoul and has served as a deputy spokesperson at the Blue House and as a senior administrator in the National Public Relations Secretary’s Office.

Lee Ji-su, a lawyer, has been appointed as the Overseas Media Secretary. He graduated from Yonsei University with a degree in Economics and has served as the head of the Korea Standards Association’s Industrial Standards Division and as an executive member of the People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy.

Kim Jae-jun, appointed as the new Chunchoo-gwan chief, is a senior administrator in the Blue House First Secretary’s Office. He graduated from Jeonbuk National University with a degree in Economics and has served as a parliamentary aide.

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Lee Ki-heon, a senior administrator in the Civil Affairs Secretary’s Office of the Presidential Secretariat, has been appointed as the Citizen Participation Secretary. He graduated from Kyung Hee University with a degree in Trade and has served as a senior administrator in the National Security Office’s Diplomatic Policy Secretary’s Office and as a director in the Democratic Party of Korea.

Jo Kyung-ho, a senior administrator in the Chief of Staff’s Office of the Presidential Secretariat, has been appointed as the Social Integration Secretary. He graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in Spanish Language and Literature and has served as a senior administrator in the Blue House Political Secretary’s Office and as a parliamentary aide.