Jin Nyum appointed MOFE minister

President Kim Dae-Jung replaced 11 ministers among the 18 ministries and nine ministerial committees this morning.

Budget Finance Deputy Minister Jin Nyum was appointed to the post of finance-economy minister, and Song Ja, the Millennium Democratic Party`s chairman of the 21st Century Administrative Committee, was appointed as education minister.

Industrial Bank governor Lee Keun-Young was appointed to the post of chairman of the Finance and Banking Supervisory Committee.

Former head of the Industrial Advancement Administration Shin Kook-Hwan was appointed to the post of the deputy minister of commerce, industry and energy.

Vice chairman of the Fair Trade Commission Lee Nam-Kee was promoted to the post of the chairman of the commission.

Fair Trade Commission chairman Jeon Yun-Churl was appointed as budget-finance minister.

Han Kap-Soo, President of Korea Gas Corporation, was appointed as minister of agriculture and forestry.

Labor Minister Choi Sun-Jung was appointed as minister of health and welfare.

Chairman of the Fair Labor Commission Kim Ho-Jin replaced the outgoing minister of labor.

Former Representative Noh Moo-Hyun was appointed to the post of minister of maritime affairs and fisheries.

Another former representative, Chang Young-Chul, was appointed to the post of chairman of the Fair Labor Commission.