RoK President appoints three new ministers
Posted by Bao Viet Nam on August 7, 2008
Seoul (VNA) – President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Lee Myung-bak on August 6 appointed three new ministers of education, welfare and agriculture, Yonhap news agency reported.
The partial cabinet reshuffle, carried out five months after President Lee took office, comes amid continuing public outcry over some of the administration’s unpopular policies, including its agreement in April to lift a five-year ban on US beef imports.
The President went ahead with the appointment of the new ministers, bypassing parliamentary confirmation hearings by citing the fact that legislators had missed a July 30 deadline to examine the candidates.
Ahn Byong-man, a presidential advisor for state future planning, will succeed Kim Do-yeon as the education minister.
Chang Tae-pyong, a veteran economic bureaucrat and former secretary general of a state anti-corruption panel, will serve as agriculture minister, replacing the outgoing Chung Woo-chan.
Jeon Jae-hee, a female lawmaker with the ruling Grand National Party (GNP), will succeed Kim Soung-yee as the heath minister.-
