President Lee Jae-myung announced a cabinet reshuffle on August 30, appointing new ministers for six government departments and filling vacant positions in the presidential office.
During a briefing, Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik revealed that President Lee has nominated candidates for six ministerial positions.
Lee Hyung-il, the current First Deputy Minister of Finance, has been nominated as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. Kang Shin-cheol, former Deputy Commander of the ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command, has been nominated as Minister of National Defense, while Kim Seung-won, a member of the Democratic Party, has been nominated as Minister of Justice.
Hong Ji-sun, the current Second Deputy Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, has been nominated as Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Lee So-young, a member of the Democratic Party, has been nominated as Minister of SMEs and Startups, and Yoon Hye-in, a member of the Basic Income Party, has been nominated as Minister of Gender Equality and Family.
Additionally, former AI Chief Ha Jung-woo has been appointed as Vice Chair of the National AI Strategy Committee, and Lee Hae-min, a member of the Justice Innovation Party, has been appointed as Chief Secretary for AI Future Planning at the presidential office.
Lee Won-joo, head of the Energy Transition Policy Office at the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, has been appointed as a Mega Project Advisor at the presidential office, and Kim Kyung-soo, former chair of the Local Era Committee, has been appointed as a special advisor to the president.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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