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President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol has nominated People Power Party lawmaker Choo Kyung-ho as his first deputy prime minister for the economy who also doubles as finance minister.
Yoon announced eight Cabinet member nominees including Choo at 2 p.m. Sunday in a press conference at the transition committee’s office in Seoul.
Professor Lee Chang-yang of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology was tapped to lead the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy, while former Jeju Governor Won Hee-ryong was nominated for land, infrastructure and transport minister.
Yoon designated former vice chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lee Jong-sup as his first defense minister.
Lee Jong-ho, the head of a semiconductor research center at Seoul National University, was nominated for science and ICT minister.
Jeong Ho-yeong, the former chief of Kyungpook National University Hospital, was tapped for health and welfare minister.
Park Bo-kyun, former vice president of the JoongAng Ilbo daily and a special adviser to Yoon, was nominated for culture, sports and tourism minister.
Former Rep. Kim Hyun-sook was tapped for minister of family and gender equality.
Yoon Announces 8 Cabinet Minister Nominees
Source: Matira Matibay
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