[Profile] Jeong Hwang-geun, Nominee for Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs... Traditional Bureaucrat and Agricultural Policy Expert

Jeong Hwang-geun, former Administrator of the Rural Development Administration

[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Kim Hyewon] Jeong Hwang-geun, former head of the Rural Development Administration (62), who was nominated on the 14th as the first Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs under the Yoon Seok-yeol administration, is a career bureaucrat from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (20th Technical Examination).

Jeong previously served as Director of the Eco-friendly Agriculture Policy Division, Director of the Rural Policy Bureau, and Director of the Agricultural Policy Bureau in agricultural departments, and led agricultural policy while working as Secretary for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs at the Presidential Office during the Park Geun-hye administration.

During his tenure at the Rural Development Administration, he devoted himself to increasing productivity based on advanced convergence technologies and transitioning to smart farming methods, comprehensively considering changes in agricultural conditions such as climate change and aging rural populations.

The 20th Presidential Transition Committee evaluated Jeong as the right person to solve various problems faced by rural areas and strengthen the competitiveness of agriculture, forestry, and livestock industries to foster them as future growth industries as the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

▲ Cheonan (62) ▲ Bachelor of Agricultural Science, Seoul National University; Master’s degree, National Defense University ▲ 20th Technical Examination ▲ Head of Plant Quarantine and Control Division, National Plant Quarantine Service ▲ Director of Rural Workforce Division, Agricultural Policy Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry ▲ Director of General Affairs Division ▲ Director of Eco-friendly Agriculture Policy Division, Food Production Bureau ▲ Director of Innovation Personnel Planning ▲ Spokesperson, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs ▲ Director of Rural Policy Bureau ▲ Director of Rural and Fishing Village Policy Bureau ▲ Director of Agricultural Policy Bureau ▲ Expert Member, Economic Subcommittee 2, 18th Presidential Transition Committee ▲ Secretary for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Office of the Senior Secretary for Economic Affairs, Presidential Office ▲ Administrator, Rural Development Administration ▲ Adjunct Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Chungnam National University