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President Lee Jae Myung has named a new vice health minister, head of customs, and four other senior government officials.
Lee Kyu-yeon, senior presidential secretary for public relations and communications, told reporters during a briefing at Cheong Wa Dae on Friday that Hyun Soo-yeob, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Welfare, had been appointed first vice health minister.
Lee Jong-wook, currently a senior official at the Korea Customs Service, was named the agency’s chief.
The presidential secretary noted that Hyun is a graduate of Seoul National University, where she majored in nursing, and has served in various posts at the health ministry; Lee majored in economics at Yonsei University and has spent much of his career at the customs office.
Additionally, Mun Seong-yo, a former senior official at the land ministry, was appointed head of the Saemangeum Development and Investment Agency, and former lawmaker Hong Mi-young was named chair of the National Commission on Sustainable Development.
Paik Jong-woo, a professor at Kyung Hee University, will serve as vice chair of the National Committee for People’s Lives and Safety, and Kim Gi-yeong, a professor of library and information science, has been named chair of the National Library Committee.