Gyeonggi Province Conducts Regular Personnel Changes for Grade 4 Managers in First Half of 2026...Effective January 19

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Kim Gap-dong] Gyeonggi Province announced on January 16 that it will conduct regular personnel changes for a total of 77 manager-level positions, including 19 Grade 4 promotees, effective January 19, 2026. The personnel changes comprise 19 promotions and 58 transfers.

This personnel reshuffle, accounting for approximately 45% of all manager-level positions, focuses on enhancing the implementation capabilities of major policies under the 8th popular election term and improving organizational dynamism and expertise through personnel mobility, the province explained. Additionally, the province has strategically recruited talented individuals across diverse job classifications including administration, engineering, agriculture, veterinary medicine, environment, and facilities to strengthen expertise and policy response capabilities across the organization.

Among key personnel changes, the province appointed Choi Jung-seok, director of the Local Finance Division who demonstrated economic stabilization capabilities by introducing the "Small Business Support Power-Up Card," the first nationwide initiative for small business support, as Planning Director, and Jang Hyang-jung, director of the Tourism Industry Division with extensive practical experience in budget matters, as Budget Director. The province expects both to contribute to enhancing policy planning and implementation capabilities, as well as expertise and stability in financial management.

The province also appointed Kim Sang-pal, a manager who has accumulated extensive administrative experience across diverse sectors including the Audit Committee, Transportation Bureau, and Urban Housing Department, as director of Autonomous Administration to establish a foundation for continuously promoting on-site tours for people's economic livelihoods. Kim Sung-beom, a manager with practical experience and policy understanding across residential and urban development policy sectors, was appointed director of Aging New Town Redevelopment to oversee the full-scale promotion of swift and stable first-generation new town redevelopment projects.

Additionally, the province appointed multi-talented individuals to managerial positions in the Welfare Bureau by assigning Kim Jin-hyo, director of the Women's Policy Division, as Welfare Policy Director and Park Mi-jung, director of the DMZ Policy Division, as Elderly Welfare Director, bringing new vitality to welfare administration overall.

The province also appointed Choi Heung-nak, director of the Sports Promotion Division, as Cultural Policy Director; Seo Gap-su, director of the Regulatory Reform Division, as director of the Job and Economic Policy Division; and Lee Gwan-haeng, director of the Bus Management Division, as director of Metropolitan Transportation Policy, while positioning high-performing managers within each department in their respective principal roles. The province also promoted Koo Hyun-mo, bus policy team leader, to Bus Policy Director, notably strengthening business continuity and expertise.

Gyeonggi Province plans to conclude the first-half 2026 personnel changes through phased implementation: Grade 4 manager-level changes on January 19, Grade 5 team leader-level changes on February 2, and Grade 6 and below transfers by February 13, before the Lunar New Year holiday.