Kang Min-soo was elected as the candidate for the head of the National Tax Service. First Vice Minister of State Kim Jong-moon and National Fire Agency Director Heo Seok-kun

(Park Jong-hwa, Daily News) President Yoon Seok-yeol has named deputy ministers, including nominating Kang Min-soo, director of the Seoul Regional National Tax Service, as a candidate for director of the National Tax Service.

From left: National Tax Service Director-General candidate Kang Min-soo, Policy Coordination Office First Deputy Director Kim Jong-moon, Fire Service Director Heo Seok-kun, Meteorological Service Director-General Jang Dong-eun (Photo = Presidential Office)

On the 27th, President Yoon made personnel appointments for deputy ministerial-level political positions. As for the candidates for the head of the National Tax Service, Director Kang Min-soo was nominated as the head of the National Tax Service, and Cheong Wa Dae Political Secretary Kim Jong-moon was nominated as the first deputy director of the State Affairs Coordination Office. Heo Seok-kun, director of the Fire and Disaster Headquarters of Busan Metropolitan City, and Jang Dong-eun, deputy director of the Meteorological Administration, were selected as the heads of the National Fire and Disaster Management Agency and the Meteorological Administration, respectively.

Candidate Kang graduated from the 37th Civil Service Examination and served as the 3rd Investigation Director and Planning Coordinator of the Seoul Local Taxation Office. The Presidential Office explained, “He has extensive experience in overall tax policy and excellent communication skills, and is the right person to fulfill the main tasks of the National Taxation Service.” The director of the National Taxation Service was appointed after the National Assembly’s personnel hearing.

Deputy Director Kim Jong-moon started his civil service career after taking the 37th civil service examination. He served as the Director of the General Policy Division of Regulations, the Director of the General Policy Division of Planning, and the Director of the Policy Coordination Office of the Government Policy Coordination Office. Last year, he was appointed as the Secretary of State and has been supervising the implementation of state affairs at the Presidential Office. The Presidential Office commented that “with his rich experience in government planning and his excellent motivation and communication skills, he is the right person to assist the Prime Minister and coordinate pending national affairs.”

Chairman Heo Seok-kun is a fire safety expert who has worked in the firefighting field for more than 30 years. With his rich experience in firefighting command, he is evaluated as “the best person to protect the public safety in natural disasters and urban disasters.” website. ” Previously, he served as the head of the firefighting headquarters in Incheon, South Gyeongsang Province, and Ulsan.

Commissioner Jang Dong-yeon has worked for NASA and served as director of the Korea Meteorological Administration’s Weather Service Promotion Bureau, Earthquake and Volcano Bureau, and Planning and Coordination Bureau. The Presidential Office explained his background as follows: “Based on his extensive experience in weather management, he is the right person to protect the public from dangerous weather and earthquakes and lead stable weather services.”

The appointment of the vice ministers is considered as a preliminary work for the cabinet reshuffle that the presidential office is preparing. Last week, President Yoon also appointed Cheong Wa Dae climate and environment secretary Lee Byung-hwa and employment and labor minister Kim Min-seok as vice ministers of the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Employment and Labor, respectively.