Kim Sang-gon ( ko, 김상곤; born 5 December 1949) is the politician who is a former Minister of Education of

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, as well as a former

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. In June 2017, he was nominated by

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Moon Jae-in and would be appointed to both positions in July.

Biography

Kim graduated from

Gwangju Jeil High School Gwangju Jeil High School ( ko, 광주제일고등학교) is a boys' high school in Gwangju, South Korea. It has 840 students in grades 10, 11, and 12.Keh, Andrew"School Spirit May Be Metaphysical for South Korean Baseball Players,"''New York T ...

in 1968, and attended

Seoul National University Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a national public research university located in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, Seoul National University is largely considered the most prestigious university in South Korea; it is one of the three "S ...

, graduating with a BA (1976), MA (1982), and Ph.D (1992) in Business administration. From 1983 to 2009, he would serve as a professor of business administration at

Hanshin University Hanshin University is a private university in the Seoul National Capital Area of South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing ...

. From 1999 to 200, he would serve as President of the Korean Association of Labor Studies. In 2009, he was appointed

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in Gyeonggi Province, serving in the post until 2014. Kim would join the

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(then the New Politics Alliance for Democracy), and would serve as Chairman of its Innovation Council and Human Resources Recruitment Council. From April to May 2017, he would serve as Co-Chairman of the Presidential Election Council.

References

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