Kim Dong-geun, Suwon Deputy Mayor, Appointed as Gyeonggi Province Administrative Vice Governor

Gyeonggi Province appointed Kim Dong-geun (age 55), First Deputy Mayor of Suwon, as the 15th Administrative Vice Governor effective on the 24th.

Newly appointed Administrative Vice Governor Kim Dong-geun was born in 1961 in Yangju City. He graduated from Uijeongbu Industrial High School (1980) and Sungkyunkwan University's Department of Public Administration (1991), earned a master's degree in regional development from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom (1999), and a doctorate in public administration from Ajou University's Graduate School of Public Administration (2015).

Vice Governor Kim entered public service through the 35th Civil Service Examination in 1992. Throughout his career, he has held various key positions in Gyeonggi Province, including Policy Planning Officer of Gyeonggi Province, Director of Urban Environment of the Province, Deputy Mayor of Uijeongbu City, Director of Planning and Administration of the Province, Director of Planning and Coordination of the Province, and Deputy Mayor of Suwon City.

In particular, Vice Governor Kim is recognized as the ideal candidate to lead the development of northern Gyeonggi Province based on "communicative and innovative leadership" in the future, given that he is from northern Gyeonggi, has diverse administrative experience in the northern region including as Director of Lifelong Education and Director of Planning and Administration at the Northern Regional Office and as Deputy Mayor of Uijeongbu.

Vice Governor Kim will hold his inauguration ceremony at Peace Nuri Hall at Gyeonggi Province Government Office Northern Regional Office at 4 p.m. on the 24th and begin his official duties.