Yeo Han-koo (, born 14 November 1969) is the former Minister for Trade of

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served under President Moon Jae-in from 2021 to 2022. Yeo is considered a veteran trade negotiator and technocrat. In the first cross-departmental committee on trade Yeo chaired, he proposed five trade topics that its policies should prioritise from supply chain, technology and digital transformation to vaccine and carbon neutrality. Yeo is expected to lead the country's accession to CPTPP and

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. Over the past 25 years, he worked in various government agencies since he passed the Korean state civil servant exam in 1992. Before promoted to President Moon's third trade minister, Yeo served as his secretary for New Southern and New Northern Policies at

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. Yeo also served as the deputy trade minister after his predecessor

Yoo Myung-hee Yoo Myung-hee (, born 5 June 1967) was the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (South Korea)#Minister for Trade, Minister for Trade of South Korea. She was the first woman to hold the position. Over the past 25 years, she worked in various go ...

was promoted to the country's first woman trade minister. Along with various trade related roles in the government, he worked at

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's International Finance Corporation as its senior investment officer from 2010 to 2014. Yeo holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from

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as well as a

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and a MBA from

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yeo, Han-koo 1969 births Living people People from Seoul Seoul National University alumni Harvard Business School alumni Harvard Kennedy School alumni Government ministers of South Korea Trade ministers of South Korea