Overview

• Ministers and vice ministers from Yoon Suk Yeol’s administration delivered their resignation letters on Monday, one day before the June 3 early presidential election.
• The Ministry of Personnel Management has forwarded the letters to President Lee Jae-myung, who holds authority to accept or reject each submission.
• Lee assumed office immediately after the election without a formal transition period, underscoring the urgency of his personnel decisions.
• An identical wave of resignations occurred in 2017 when Park Geun-hye’s cabinet stepped down ahead of the vote following her removal from office.
• Lee’s choices on these resignations will shape the continuity and composition of his incoming government.