Kim Sung-yeol, the head of the Industrial Growth Division at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, has been appointed as the Economic Security Secretary at the Blue House.
According to a Blue House official on July 19, Kim began his duties by attending a weekly work meeting chaired by Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik.
The position of Economic Security Secretary had been vacant for a month following the promotion of the previous secretary, Song Gi-ho, to the second deputy director of the National Security Office.
The Economic Security Secretary oversees economic diplomacy and security matters under the second deputy director, focusing primarily on international trade and tariff negotiations with the United States.
Kim, a civil servant who passed the administrative examination, has held various positions, including Director of Trade Law and Policy and Director of Trade Security Policy, as well as serving as a commercial attaché at the South Korean Embassy in Washington. He has also worked in the Economic Affairs Office at the Blue House during the administrations of Lee Myung-bak and Moon Jae-in.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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