Roh Reshuffles 15 Cabinet Posts

President Roh Moo-hyun named 15 vice-ministers to nine government ministries and six governmental agencies yesterday, including Chief Secretary for the Prime Minister Lee Gi-woo as vice education minister, and Deputy Minister for Policy Management and Public Relations Park Young-il as vice minister of science and technology.

The latest cabinet reshuffling is the largest since March 2003.

Of the vice-ministers that have been working for over a year and half, First Vice Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs Kwon Oh-ryong, Vice Minister of Unification Lee Bong-jo, and Vice Minister of Health and Welfare Song Jae-sung remained in their posts. Emergency Planning Commissioner Kim Hee-sang was notified he would be replaced, but since he is candidate for chief presidential national security secretary, he was excluded from the current reshuffling.

The following is a list of newly appointed vice-ministers and vice minister-level officials:

Vice Minister of Education and Human Resources Development Lee Gi-woo

Vice Minister of Science and Technology Park Young-il

Second Vice Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs Chang In-tae (former acting governor of South Gyeongsang Province)

Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism Yoo Jin-ryong (former MCT deputy minister for Policy Management and Public Relations in the same ministry)

Vice Minister of the Environment Lee Kyoo-yong (former deputy minister for Policy Management and Public Relations at the same ministry)

Vice Minister of Labor Kim Sung-joong (Former deputy minister for Policy Management and Public Relations at the same ministry)

Vice Minister of Gender Equality and Family Kim Chang-soon (former presidential secretary for Social Policy)

Vice Minister of Public Policy Coordination at the Office for Government Policy Coordination Park Jong-koo (former assistant minister for Economic Policy Coordination of the same office)

National Emergency Agency Administrator Moon Won-kyong (former second vice minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs)

Korea Meteorological Administrator Lee Man-ki (former auditor at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology)

Chief of Rural Development Administration Kim In-sik (former presidential secretary for Fishing and Agrarian Villages)

Chief of Forest Service Suh Sung-jin (former head of the Korea Forest Research Institute)

Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office Chon Sang-wu (former Korean Intellectual Property Office deputy commissioner)

Head of the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) Moon Chang-jin (former deputy minister of Policy Management and Public Relations at the Ministry of Health and Welfare)

Yeon-Wook Jung jyw11@donga.com