Gyeonggi Province Social Service Center Names Former Administrative Vice Governor Lee Hwa-soon as Inaugural Director

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Lee Hwa-soon, former Gyeonggi Province Administrative Vice Governor, has been appointed as director of the Gyeonggi Province Social Service Center, the first public institution to launch in Gyeonggi Province in 2020. Her term will be three years.

Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung presented the letter of appointment to newly appointed Director Lee Hwa-soon at the provincial government office on the 29th.

Inaugural Director Lee Hwa-soon is from Boeun, North Chungcheong Province and passed the 23rd Technical Civil Service Examination. She has developed deep expertise in administration after entering public service in 1988, with extensive experience in Gyeonggi Province.

She previously served as Vice Mayor of Hwaseong and Uiwang cities, and served as Director of the Yellow Sea Free Economic Zone in 2017 before becoming Gyeonggi Province Administrative Vice Governor last year.

In each position she has held, Director Lee has set records as Gyeonggi Province's "first woman" and is evaluated as a versatile administrator who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in organizational management.

Meanwhile, the Gyeonggi Province Social Service Center is a public institution under the province that will strengthen the public nature of social services and improve the treatment of workers, while directly providing social services and developing standard operating models.

Since May last year, it has been operating in the form of a pilot business division within the Gyeonggi Welfare Foundation, performing roles including ▲commissioning and operating public social welfare facilities ▲establishing and operating comprehensive home care centers ▲supporting private facilities and similar tasks.

The province received establishment approval from the Ministry of Health and Welfare on the 9th, and on the 29th completed the application and filing of the incorporated foundation establishment registration at the Suwon District Court Registry.

Director Lee stated her commitment upon taking office, saying, "In line with the establishment purpose of the Social Service Center, I will do my best to improve the quality of social services and strengthen public nature from the perspective of service recipients, and ensure the institution stabilizes at an early stage."