Chief Presidential Secretary for Policy

The Chief Presidential Secretary for Policy (Korean대통령정책실장; Hanja大統領政策室長) was a ministerial level position at the Office of President appointed by the President of South Korea.

Chief Presidential Secretary for Policy of the Republic of Korea
대통령비서실 정책실장
AppointerPresident of South Korea
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderLee Jung-woo
Formation25 March 2003; 21 years ago (2003-03-25)

President Roh first created this post.[1] The succeeding president Lee changed its status to the vice-ministerial level. President Moon returned this post to a ministerial-level position[2] which was abolished under Park's administration.[3] Moon's successor Yoon abolished the post following his promise to reduce the size of the presidential secretariat.[4]

List of presidential secretaries for policy

No.NameTerm of officePresident
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1Lee Jung-woo25 February 200331 December 2003309 daysRoh Moo-hyun
2Park Bong-heum [ko]1 January 200413 June 2004164 days
3Kim Byong-joon14 June 200431 May 20061 year, 351 days
4Kwon Oh-kyu [ko]1 June 20063 July 200632 days
5Byun Yang-gyun [ko]4 July 200610 September 20071 year, 68 days
6Sung Gyung-ryung21 September 200724 February 2008156 days
Office not in use2008–20091 year, 187 daysLee Myung-bak
7Yoon Jin-sik [ko]1 September 200925 May 2010266 days
8Paek Yong-ho [ko]16 July 201012 December 20111 year, 149 days
9Kim Dae-gi [ko]13 August 201224 February 2013195 days
Office not in use2013–20174 years, 84 daysPark Geun-hye
10Jang Ha-sung [ko]21 May 20179 November 20181 year, 172 daysMoon Jae-in
11Kim Soo-hyun [ko]10 November 201821 June 2019223 days
12Kim Sang-jo21 June 201929 March 20211 year, 281 days
13Lee Ho-seung [ko]29 March 20219 May 20221 year, 41 days
Office not in use2022–present2 years, 36 daysYoon Suk Yeol

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