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President Lee Jae Myung has nominated Minister of SMEs and Startups Han Seong-sook as his next prime minister.
The presidential office announced the nomination Sunday, calling her the right person to “flawlessly ensure the epochal transition to artificial intelligence.”
Before joining the Lee administration, Han served as chief executive of online portal giant Naver.
If approved by the National Assembly, Han would become South Korea’s first female prime minister since Han Myeong-sook, who served in the post from 2006 to 2007.
Current Prime Minister Kim Min-seok is stepping down amid media reports suggesting that he could run for the leadership of the ruling Democratic Party at the party convention in August or September.