Jae-kang Lee Assumes Office as Gyeonggi Province's Second Peace Vice Governor..."Will Make Efforts for 'Human Rights Gyeonggi'"

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun Reporter] Jae-kang Lee, former Vision Committee Chair of the Democratic Party's Busan Metropolitan City Branch, assumed office as Peace Vice Governor of Gyeonggi Province on the 12th and began official duties.
The position of Peace Vice Governor oversees peace policy, communication, human rights, and administrative affairs for Gyeonggi Province. The newly appointed vice governor becomes Gyeonggi Province's second peace vice governor, following former Peace Vice Governor Lee Hwa-young.

On the day, the newly appointed Peace Vice Governor paid respects at the National Memorial Tower at 8:30 a.m., and at 9:50 a.m., received his appointment certificate from Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung at the governor's office and was officially appointed as vice governor.

The vice governor stated, "Amid the shifting international relations in an era of great transformation, I stand in this important position as Peace Vice Governor with gratitude and a sense of heavy responsibility," and added, "I will perform my duties with the determination to take one more step toward peace in accordance with Governor Lee Jae-myung's administrative direction."
He continued, "I will further strengthen communication and collaborative governance with the province's residents, the provincial assembly, the National Assembly, and the central government, and make efforts to realize a fair and non-discriminatory 'Human Rights Gyeonggi.'"

Meanwhile, the newly appointed vice governor is from Uiseong, North Gyeongsang Province. He graduated from the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy at Busan National University and completed his doctoral coursework in political science at the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom, with his dissertation topic on "Korean Peninsula Unification and Political Issues." He subsequently served as Vice President of the Korean-British Association in the United Kingdom, as well as full-time auditor at Korea Housing and Urban Guarantee Corporation (HUG) and Vision Committee Chair of the Democratic Party's Busan Metropolitan City Branch.