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Lee Jae Myung Appoints Cabinet to Propel Economic Growth and Reform Bureaucracy

Six ministers with senior aides will pursue a 3 percent growth target through technological investments plus major investigative/bureaucratic reforms.

Yun Ho-jung, the nominee to lead the interior ministry (Yonhap)
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Ryu Je-myung, second vice minister of science and ICT (Yonhap)
Koo Yun-cheol, nominated as the first finance minister under President Lee Jae Myung, speaks to reporters in Seoul on June 29, 2025. (Yonhap)

Overview

  • Veteran bureaucrat Koo Yun-cheol was nominated as finance minister after leading the formulation of South Korea’s first 500 trillion won national budget and championing AI policy.
  • Five-term lawmaker Yun Ho-jung will serve as interior and safety minister tasked with overhauling investigative branches and strengthening central-local cooperation.
  • President Lee tapped Jeong Eun-kyeong as health and welfare minister following her leadership at the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and chose Rep. Jung Sung-ho as justice minister.
  • Lee appointed five vice ministers across justice, science and ICT, energy, health and welfare, and land transport portfolios to support the administration’s reform and growth objectives.
  • Senior aides Bong Wook, Jeon Seong-hwan and Kim Kyoung-soo joined Lee’s civil affairs, social cohesion and decentralization teams, and ministers Oh Yu-kyoung and Song Mi-ryung were retained for continuity.