Gyeonggi Province Conducts Regular Personnel Reshuffle for Division Heads and Sub-Organization Leaders in First Half of 2020
Suwon NewsPublished 2019.12.31 06:53
[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province conducted a personnel reshuffle for division heads and sub-organization leaders effective January 1, 2020.
Three Grade 2 officials and six Grade 3 officials were promoted, while two Grade 4 sub-organization leaders were transferred to new positions.
This reshuffle was conducted with a focus on supporting Governor Lee Jae-myung's policy implementation as the province entered the midpoint of the seventh popular election term, and on creating a dynamic work atmosphere.
For Grade 2 division head positions, Kim Dae-soon, deputy mayor of Yangju City and technical official, was appointed as Director of the Safety Management Division; Choi Gye-dong, Senior Economic Planning Officer, as Economic Division Head; and Choi Moon-hwan, deputy mayor of Anseong City, as Legislative Affairs Director.
For Grade 3 division head positions, Um Jin-seop, head of the Environmental Policy Division, was appointed as Environmental Division Head; Kim Chung-beom, head of the Agricultural Policy Division, as Head of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Resources Division; Yun Sung-jin, head of the Gyeonggi Convergence Town Promotion Task Force, as Construction Division Head; Kim Seong-shik, former head of the Animal Disease Control and Sanitation Division, as Head of Livestock and Forestry Division; Park Tae-hwan, head of the Metropolitan Transportation Policy Division, as Transportation Division Head; and Lee Byung-woo, head of the Civil Life Special Investigation Police Unit, as Welfare Division Head. The province explained that this promotion reflects strengthened inter-career balanced personnel management by emphasizing expertise mainly through technical officials, and considered work-related connections to enable immediate engagement in civil affairs on the ground.
In particular, this reshuffle was evaluated as bearing fruit of Governor Lee's philosophy on personnel management, which applies the principle of merit and achievement-based personnel operations emphasized since the seventh popular election term began. By doing away with seniority-based promotions and reforming the passive administrative practices prevalent in the civil service, the province selects talented individuals for promotion who can produce tangible results that citizens can actually feel through active problem-solving.
Additionally, the personnel exchange of sub-organization leaders in cities and counties was conducted by coordinating with mayors and county governors to assign outstanding personnel with excellent work capabilities and character, enabling mutual learning of strengths through enhanced cooperation between the province and cities and counties, and sharing and disseminating excellent policies to achieve mutual growth.
Meanwhile, appointments for national-level senior civil servants, such as the Vice Governor for Administration, will be made in January through coordination with central ministries including the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. In the case of the Planning and Coordination Division Director, Choi Won-yong, former Legislative Affairs Director, was appointed as acting director to handle the accumulated pending issues.
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