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Acting Choi Sang-mok is
“Ability to judge political affairs” vs. “Conservative bureaucrat”
As the impeachment of Acting President and Prime Minister Han Deok-soo was approved, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance Choi Sang-mok will assume the role of Acting President.
Deputy Prime Minister Choi entered public service with the 29th civil service exam and held key positions including the head of the Securities System Division, the head of the Financial Policy Division, the director of the Policy Coordination Bureau, and the director of the Economic Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the predecessor of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance. Deputy Prime Minister Choi was also a leading figure in the enactment of the Capital Market and Financial Investment Services Act (currently the Capital Market Consolidation Act) during his time at the Ministry of Finance and Economy. He is a member of the class of ’82 at Seoul National University Law School and is a classmate of People Power Party lawmaker Na Kyung-won, former Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong, and former Fatherland Innovation Party leader Cho Kuk. He graduated summa cum laude from Seoul National University Law School and received a doctorate in economics from Cornell University in the United States.
Deputy Prime Minister Choi also experienced the impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye eight years ago. At the time, he served as the Blue House Secretary for Economic and Financial Affairs and then the First Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance, but after being involved in the government corruption scandal, he spent a period of time as an outsider. After President Yoon Seok-yeol took office, he was selected as Senior Secretary for Economic Affairs and later returned to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance as Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs.
Many say that Deputy Prime Minister Choi is an expert in economic and financial policy and has the ability to make political decisions after working in various positions, including working at the Blue House. However, some say that he will run the government conservatively, given that he is a former economic bureaucrat who pursues stability.
Sejong = Reporter So Seol-hee [email protected]
Sejong = Reporter Kim Do-hyung [email protected]
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