Yoo Young-rok, Former Gimpo Mayor, Appointed as Director of Gyeonggi Province Lifelong Education Promotion Institute

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Hong Sung-gil] Yoo Young-rok (57, photo left), former Gimpo mayor, took office on the 4th as the new director of the Gyeonggi Province Lifelong Education Promotion Institute.

Director Yoo is a graduate of Sogang University's Graduate School of Public Policy and completed his doctoral coursework in Urban Administration at Seoul City University. He served as a director of the Gyeonggi Research Institute and as chairman of the Planning Committee of the Gyeonggi Province Council, establishing himself as an expert in the administrative field who also served as Gimpo mayor during the 5th and 6th popularly elected terms.

His term is two years in a non-standing capacity, and as board chairman, he will exercise deliberation and voting rights on major policies, budgets, and regulatory amendments of the institute.

Director Yoo stated his feelings upon taking office, saying "Lifelong education is not an option but a necessity for future society," and "I will make efforts so that the Gyeonggi Province Lifelong Education Promotion Institute can get one step closer to the people of Gyeonggi Province through new lifelong education policies."