Yoon finalizes composition of transition committee

Mar 18, 2022, 08:48 am

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President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol heads to lunch near his office in Seoul’s Jongno Ward on March 17, 2022./ Photographed by Jung Jae-hoon

AsiaToday reporter Lee Yoo-jin

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s transition team has fully settled into shape, with seven standing subcommittees and 24 team members chosen. Yoon’s team could formally launch as early as Friday with a signboard hanging ceremony at its office.

The transition committee plans to focus on setting the new government’s key national tasks and policy directions starting this weekend to establish a cabinet and Cheong Wa Dae suitable for them. The first task that the transition team will take on is one of the biggest concerns. The task is to formulate a new government that will realize Yoon’s vision for state affairs, and to select prime minister and minister candidates. The president-elect is expected to nominate a prime minister candidate by mid-April at latest in consideration of the National Assembly’s hearing schedule so that the new government’s first prime minister can start working with the inauguration of the new government.

“The nomination of members for the transition committee has been completed,” Yoon’s spokesperson Kim Eun-hye said during a press briefing at the People Power Party (PPP) headquarters in Seoul on Thursday. Kim announced the remaining members of Yoon’s transition team, including members of the subcommittees for the economy, science, and social welfare.

Lee Chang-yang, a professor of management engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), was appointed to lead the second subcommittee for economic affairs. Wang Yun-jong, a professor at Dongduk Women’s University, Yoo Woong-hwan, a former executive at SK Telecom, and Ko San, the head of ATEAM Ventures and a former astronaut in training, were named to the subcommittee.

The subcommittee for science, technology and education will be led by Rep. Park Sung-joong of the PPP, where he will be joined by Kim Chang-kyung, a professor at Hanyang University, and Nam Ki-tae, a professor at Seoul National University.

The subcommittee for social affairs, welfare and culture will be led by Rep. Lim Lee-ja of the PPP. Ahn Sang-hoon, a professor at Seoul National University, Peck Kyong-ran, a professor of medicine at Sungkyunkwan University, and Kim Do-shik, deputy mayor of Seoul will join the subcommittee.

Former Rep. Shin Yong-hyeon of the minor opposition People’s Party, who is considered to be an aide to transition committee chairman Ahn Cheol-soo, will serve as senior spokesperson. Won Il-hee, a former reporter for broadcaster SBS, and Choi Ji-hyeon, an attorney, will serve as deputy spokespeople.

With Thursday’s announcement, the transition team has finalized the appointment of its 24 members with seven standing subcommittees.

The transition team could formally launch as early as Friday with a signboard hanging ceremony at its office, Yoon’s spokesperson said.

According to the spokesperson, no presidential transition team will have had its signboard in place as soon as this one. “This administration will not waste a second in working to make people’s lives better,” Kim said.

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