Gyeonggi Province Reshuffles Affiliated Organization Chiefs Through Open Recruitment

Gyeonggi Province has launched recruitment procedures to reshuffle the chiefs of affiliated organizations, including the representative director of the Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation and the director of the Youth Training Center, following the reshuffling of the president of Gyeonggi Regional Public Corporation.

On the 4th, the Province announced the public recruitment for the position of representative director of the Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, accepting applications from renowned cultural and arts figures, government officials of grade 2 or higher working for national or local governments, and those with experience in arts promotion management.

The two-year position of representative director of the Cultural Foundation is responsible for promoting cultural and arts programs, including supporting cultural and arts organizations and activities in the province. The position has been held by Song Tae-ho, former Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism and a close associate of Governor Son Hak-gyou.

The province has also opened public recruitment for the director and standing director of the Gyeonggi Youth Training Center, a foundation based in Daebu Island, Ansan, and the vice director of the Goyang Korean Wave Wood Complex Project.

The province has also announced recruitment for a public information officer to handle provincial administration publicity and serve as the governor's spokesperson, and a Seoul office director to handle liaison work with the central government and the National Assembly.

Previously, the province appointed Kwon Jae-wook (54), former vice president of Korea Land Corporation, as the fourth president of Gyeonggi Regional Public Corporation through open recruitment.

In addition, the province is expected to fill vacant positions of affiliated organization chiefs through recruitment procedures, including the successor to Park Jong-hee, who stepped down as secretary general of the Suwon World Cup Stadium Management Foundation on the 4th, and the successor to Lee Su-young, former director of the Gyeonggi English Village Foundation, who stepped down in June.

As a result, attention is being paid to whether insiders and members of the ruling Democratic Party who contributed during the gubernatorial election will be appointed through the series of recruitment procedures, or whether Governor Kim Moon-soo's personnel policy of "never making appointments through nepotism" will be demonstrated.

After taking office, Governor Kim told reporters: "Even if it takes some time, we will introduce a new evaluation system. In particular, for major positions in the Province and affiliated organizations, including open positions and specially appointed positions, we will hire only those with expertise who have passed the evaluation system. Rather than selecting unqualified individuals, we will instead promote internal civil servants, and even if a person is recommended through connections, we will not appoint them if they fail to pass the evaluation system."