Kim Dong-yeon (; born 28 January 1957) is a South Korean politician serving as 36th governor of Gyeonggi Province since 1 July 2022. He previously served as the 4th
Minister of Economy and Finance and
Deputy Prime Minister
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from 2017 to 2018.
Kim was a candidate for the
2022 South Korean presidential election as an
independent
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, with the endorsement of
Period Transition and the formation of his own Party, the New Wave.
Early life
After completion of high school, he worked as a
banker
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Becaus ...
at Seoul Trust Bank (which is now
KEB Hana Bank) while completing his undergraduate degree in law at the evening school of
Kookjae University.
He spent most of his time in government at
Ministry of Economy and Finance and its preceding agencies where he began and ended his career in public service at.
In 1982 he passed the state exams for both legal affairs and administration and began working as a working-level administrator at its preceding agency. He took numerous economy and budgeting related roles in government ministries,
Office of the President and presidential transition team.
He was recruited by three consecutive presidents. He was
Lee Myung-bak's second vice finance minister and
Park Geun-hye
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Park was the fi ...
's
minister for government policy coordination. Before promoted to
Moon Jae-in
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's first finance minister, he was the 15th president of
Ajou University for two years.
Kim holds four degrees - a bachelor in law from
Kookjae University, two master's in administration from
Seoul National University and
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
and a doctorate in administration from
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
.
In 2022, he was elected as the
36th governor of Gyeonggi Province during the
2022 South Korean local elections
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by a very narrow margin of 0.15%.
References
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Living people
1957 births
People from North Chungcheong Province
Seokyeong University alumni
Seoul National University alumni
University of Michigan alumni
Government ministers of South Korea
Finance ministers of South Korea
Deputy Prime Ministers of South Korea
Presidents of universities and colleges in South Korea
Governors of Gyeonggi Province