2023-12-18 18:00:00
It was reported on the 18th that President Yoon Seok-yeol is expected to announce a nomination plan for top diplomats and security officials, including appointing First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Jang Ho-jin (62) as the new head of the National Security Office as early as the 19th. Cho Tae-yong (67), current head of the National Security Office, was appointed to the vacant position of Director of the National Intelligence Service, and former Second Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yeol (68) was appointed to the vacant position of Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Director of the National Intelligence Service and the Minister of Foreign Affairs are appointed following a National Assembly personnel hearing.
Vice Minister Jang Ho-jin, who was appointed as the head of the National Security Office, graduated from Seongdong High School and Seoul National University’s Department of Foreign Affairs, and following passing the 16th Foreign Service Examination, he served as Director of the North American Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador to Cambodia, and Secretary for Foreign Affairs at the Blue House. In August of last year, he was appointed as the first ambassador to Russia under the current government, and was appointed as First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in April of this year. Director Cho Tae-yong, who moved to the position of Director of the National Intelligence Service, graduated from Gyeonggi High School and the Department of Political Science at Seoul National University, passed the 14th foreign entrance exam, and served as Director of the North American Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador to Ireland, and Ambassador to Australia, as well as Director of the Korean Peninsula Peace Negotiation Headquarters, First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, and First Deputy Director of the National Security Office. . During the 21st National Assembly, he served as a proportional representative member of the People Power Party, and was appointed ambassador to the United States with the launch of the current government, and was selected as head of the National Security Office last March. Former Vice Minister Cho Tae-yeol, who was nominated as a candidate for Minister of Foreign Affairs, graduated from Chung-Ang High School and Seoul National University Law School, passed the 13th foreign entrance exam, and served as a trade negotiation coordinator at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, ambassador to Spain, and ambassador to the United Nations.
President Yoon’s decision to replace the Chief of the National Security Office, the Director of the National Intelligence Service, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the same time is in line with his plan to reorganize the leadership of foreign affairs and security ahead of the new year. President Yoon also replaced the Minister of National Defense with Minister Shin Won-sik last October. This can be interpreted as an intention to establish ‘peace through strength’ and further strengthen ‘global economic security, including trade and supply chains’, by strengthening organizational stability and capabilities in the fields of diplomacy and security. President Yoon is also known to have made a statement to the effect that the National Security Office needs a third deputy director in charge of economic security, following foreign affairs (first deputy director) and national defense (second deputy director). Accordingly, the establishment of a third deputy director of the National Security Office is said to be being considered.
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