Kim Hyun-sook Appointed as First Minister of Gender Equality and Family under Yoon Administration: "A Choice for Faithful Pledge Fulfillment"

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] Kim Hyun-sook, a policy advisor, has been nominated as the Minister of Gender Equality and Family for the Yoon Seok-yeol administration, which will launch in May.

President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol nominated eight ministerial candidates on the 10th at 2 p.m. at the Presidential Transition Committee office in Tongui-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Among them, Kim Hyun-sook was appointed as the candidate for the Minister of Gender Equality and Family, a position that President-elect Yoon has announced plans to abolish.

Regarding the nomination of Kim, President-elect Yoon stated, "During the election process, she designed family policies including demand-tailored childcare support policies without blind spots such as infant care and elementary after-school care." He added, "Since she has been drawing the blueprint of the pledges with me from the beginning, I expect her to faithfully implement the pledges and focus on population measures and family policies."

Kim Hyun-sook is a professor of economics at Soongsil University and served as a proportional representative member of the 19th National Assembly. She resigned from her position in 2015 during her term and served as the Senior Secretary for Employment and Welfare at the Presidential Secretariat under the Park Geun-hye administration.

Currently, she is a policy advisor to the President-elect, responsible for the abolition of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and policies related to low birthrate and aging.

Since President-elect Yoon has pledged to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, she is expected to play a key role in future organizational restructuring, including the formation of a replacement organization for the ministry.