President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol appoints former Prime Minister Han Deok-soo as the new government’s first prime minister candidate at a press conference for the Presidential Takeover Committee in Toongui-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 3rd. /Photo = News 1
President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol nominated former Prime Minister Han Deok-soo as the new government’s first prime minister candidate on the 3rd.
President-elect Yoon held a press conference at the Presidential Transition Committee in Tongui-dong, Seoul on the same day and explained the reason for the nomination of the new government’s first prime minister, saying, “Candidate Han Deok-soo is a person who has been recognized for his skills regardless of political faction.”
He added, “(Relating to Han Deok-soo’s nomination for Prime Minister) He was an orthodox economic bureaucrat, who served as the Vice Minister of Trade and Industry, the Minister of Finance and Economy, and the Prime Minister. explained that
President-elect Yoon said, “We need to lay the foundation for the re-jumping of the Korean economy and thoroughly prepare for the ‘economic security era’ in which the economy and security are united. “I think he is the right person to carry out the government task,” he said.
Prime Minister candidate Han Deok-soo, who attended the press conference with Yoon-elect, said, “It is an honor, but I feel a very heavy responsibility.”
One candidate said, “As a mid- to long-term task for the country, I will strive for four things: first, diplomacy and strong national defense for the national interest, second, the fiscal soundness of the government, third, the balance of payments issue, and lastly, improvement of national productivity.”
Candidate Deok-soo Han for Prime Minister served as an orthodox economic bureaucrat who served as the chief economic officer of the Presidential Secretariat under the Kim Dae-jung administration, as the Minister of Finance and Economy and Prime Minister under the Roh Moo-hyun administration.
Ryu Eun-hyuk, staff reporter at Hankyung.com [email protected]
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