Choi Jaegwan, Former Secretary, Appointed as New Chairman of Korea Energy Agency

Jae-Kwan Choi, New Chairman of the Korea Energy Agency

Choi Jaegwan, former head of the National Solar Dividend Network and former Secretary for Agriculture, Oceans and Fisheries during the Moon Jae-in administration, will be newly appointed as Chairman of the Korea Energy Agency.

On January 13, the Korea Energy Agency announced that Choi Jaegwan will take office as the new Chairman on January 16.

The new Chairman, Choi Jaegwan, was born in 1968 and graduated from Hakseong High School in Ulsan and the Department of Agricultural Biology at Seoul National University. He served as Secretary for Agriculture, Oceans and Fisheries in the Presidential Office under President Moon Jae-in for one year starting in 2018.

Afterwards, he served as a member of the Presidential Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Policy, head of the Residents’ Participation Renewable Energy Movement Headquarters, and Vice Chairman of the Carbon Neutrality Committee of the Democratic Party of Korea. Since May of last year, he has served as head of the National Solar Dividend Network.

The inauguration ceremony is scheduled to be held on January 16 at the main auditorium of the Korea Energy Agency’s headquarters in Ulsan.