The Office for Government Policy Coordination (), OPC in short, is a government agency of
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
consisting
Prime Minister's Office with Prime Minister's Secretariat (PMS). It is led by a ministerial-level Minister for Government Policy Coordination unlike Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister who leads PMS and serves at a vice-ministerial level. The OPC Minister chairs the Vice Ministers' Council () which supports
State Council State Council may refer to:
Government
* State Council of the Republic of Korea, the national cabinet of South Korea, headed by the President
* State Council of the People's Republic of China, the national cabinet and chief administrative auth ...
which is composed of ministers and led by the President and often Prime Minister. Moreover, the OPC Minister is supported by two vice-ministerial Vice Ministers.
It was the first government agency to move its headquarters to
Sejong
Sejong of Joseon (15 May 1397 – 8 April 1450), personal name Yi Do (Korean: 이도; Hanja: 李祹), widely known as Sejong the Great (Korean: 세종대왕; Hanja: 世宗大王), was the fourth ruler of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. Initial ...
in 2012.
It has Tax Tribunal and National Counter-Terrorism Center as its child agencies. It also oversees many government-funded research institutes, which mostly reside in Sejong, including
Korea Development Institute
The Korea Development Institute (KDI) is a Korean government agency established in 1971 to conduct policy research. KDI has conducted research on a broad range of economic and social issues, including macroeconomics policy, fiscal policy, and lab ...
and
OECD
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate e ...
Korea Policy Center.
History
Its history can be traced back to 1973 when the Administrative Coordination Office was established. In 1998 the Office changed its name to the Office for Government Policy Coordination which is used by today. In 2008 the Office was merged with Prime Minister's Secretariat into the Prime Minister's Office. In 2013 it was unmerged and restructured to form the Prime Minister's Office together with PMS.
Several people were appointed as
Minister of Economy and Finance after serving as Minister for Government Policy Coordination including
Kim Jin-pyo
Kim Jin-pyo (; born August 13, 1977) is a South Korean MC, rapper, singer, songwriter, television presenter and professional race car driver. He began his career in 1995 as one half of the duo Panic, together with his childhood friend Lee Juck, ...
,
Kim Dong-yeon
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 from 2017 to 2018.
Kim ...
,
Hong Nam-ki
Hong Nam-ki (; born 29 July 1960) is a former Minister of Economy and Finance and an Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea served under President Moon Jae-in from 2018 to 2022. He is the longest serving Minister of Economy and Finance and Depu ...
,
Han Duck-soo
Han Duck-soo (; born 18 June 1949) is a South Korean politician serving as the 44th and current Prime Minister of South Korea since May 2022. Han is the fifth person to serve as the prime minister twice having served as the 38th Prime Minister ...
and
Choo Kyung-ho
Choo Kyung-ho (Korean: 추경호, born 29 July 1960) is a South Korean government official and politician. He is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance under the Yoon Suk-yeol government. He has been serving as the Member ...
.
References
External links
Official websitein English
Government agencies of South Korea
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