Mun Mi-ock (; born 20 December 1968) is a former

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n research professor at

Yonsei University Yonsei University (; ) is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea. As a member of the "SKY" universities, Yonsei University is deemed one of the three most prestigious institutions in the country. It is particularly respected in the ...

and

Ewha Womans University Ewha Womans University () is a private women's university in Seoul founded in 1886 by Mary F. Scranton under Emperor Gojong. It was the first university founded in South Korea. Currently, Ewha is one of the world's largest female educational ins ...

serving as the President of Science and Technology Policy Institute from January 2021. Mun previously served as President

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's first Science and Technology Advisor and his second Vice Minister of Science and ICT - the first woman to assume both posts respectively. Before entering politics and after leaving academia, Mun had led Planning and Policy Division of Center for Women in Science, Engineering, and Technology (WISET) from 2011 and Science Engineering Technology Cooperative (SETCOOP) from 2013 - both policy instruments of the Ministry to support Korean scientists and innovations. Mun was the last person recruited by then-party leader Moon Jae-in for the 2016 general election. Mun received the number 7 on her party's proportional representation list. In 2017 Mun was appointed to the newly created post, an advisor to the president for science and technology, automatically losing her seat at the parliament which was taken by Lee Soo Hyuck, now-

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. In 2018 she was reshuffled to Moon's second vice minister of science and ICT. After leaving the Ministry in 2019, Mun then applied to become her party's candidate for

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A constituency for upcoming 2020 general election but lost. In January 2021 Mun was brought back to lead one of government-funded research institutes, the Science and Technology Policy Institute. Mun holds three degrees in physics from a bachelor to a doctorate from

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. She also completed postdoctoral research programmes in physics at

and

both at which she later worked as research professor.

Electoral history

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mun, Mi-ock Living people 1968 births Pohang University of Science and Technology alumni Academic staff of Yonsei University Academic staff of Ewha Womans University South Korean government officials Minjoo Party of Korea politicians South Korean scientists 21st-century South Korean women politicians 21st-century South Korean politicians South Korean women academics Members of the National Assembly (South Korea) Female members of the National Assembly (South Korea)