The National Agency for Administrative City Construction (, NAACC) is an organization under the
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport responsible for completing the Multifunctional Administrative City (MAC) in
Sejong City
Sejong (; ), officially the Sejong Special Self-Governing City (), is a special self-governing city and ''de facto'' administrative capital of South Korea.
Sejong was founded in 2007 as the new planned capital of South Korea from many parts of ...
. It was founded in 2006 and is located in
Sejong City
Sejong (; ), officially the Sejong Special Self-Governing City (), is a special self-governing city and ''de facto'' administrative capital of South Korea.
Sejong was founded in 2007 as the new planned capital of South Korea from many parts of ...
. The Agency is led by vice-ministerial-level administrator.
Unlike many other government organisations which are founded by the Government Organization Act, the Agency is founded by the special law exclusively dealt with
Sejong City
Sejong (; ), officially the Sejong Special Self-Governing City (), is a special self-governing city and ''de facto'' administrative capital of South Korea.
Sejong was founded in 2007 as the new planned capital of South Korea from many parts of ...
. Hence, the agency exclusively deals with issues related to MAC, a government complex in
Sejong, and its planning and construction. However, before the Sejong City Government officially commenced its operation in 2012, it temporarily managed administrative duties of the whole Sejong.
With initial relocation of administrative agency to MAC completed, the agency is given another project of planning and constructing the regional branch of the
National Assembly currently located in Seoul.
Upon MAC project's completion, it is expected that the agency will be dissolved as a division of either the
Ministry
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of central government or Sejong city government.
Its first head,
Lee Choon-hee
Lee Choon-hee (; born 6 December 1955) is the mayor of Sejong City, South Korea. Previously, during the presidency of Roh Moo-Hyun, he was Vice Minister of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. He later moved on to become the first ...
, is currently a two-term mayor of Sejong.
History
* April 2005: Presidential Committee on Promoting Multifunctional Administrative City created
* January 2006: NAACC founded under then-Ministry of Construction and Transport
* July 2007: Ground-breaking Ceremony of the MAC
* February 2008: re-organised under then-Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs
* December 2012: moved to its current headquarter in Sejong
* March 2013: re-organised under Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
See also
*
Sejong City
Sejong (; ), officially the Sejong Special Self-Governing City (), is a special self-governing city and ''de facto'' administrative capital of South Korea.
Sejong was founded in 2007 as the new planned capital of South Korea from many parts of ...
References
External links
Official English website
Government agencies of South Korea
Sejong City
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