[Anchor]
President Lee Jae-myung has abruptly carried out a cabinet reshuffle, nominating new ministers for six government ministries. This marks the current administration's first medium-scale reshuffle, replacing about one-third of the total 19 cabinet ministers. Current vice ministers have been promoted to head the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, which are responsible for real estate policy and tax reforms.
Our first report is from reporter Kang Cheongwan.
[Reporter]
Today (the 30th), nearly one year and three months after the launch of the Lee Jae-myung administration, President Lee carried out a cabinet reshuffle affecting the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of National Defense, and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.
Lee Hyung-il, the current 1st Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance nominated as the candidate for Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance, the economic command center, is a veteran bureaucrat born in Daegu in 1971. After holding key positions in the former Ministry of Strategy and Finance, he served as the Presidential Secretary for Economic Policy under the Moon Jae-in administration.
[Kang Hoon-sik / Chief of Presidential Staff: (Strategy and Finance Minister nominee Lee Hyung-il) has proven his execution capabilities, such as leading the introduction of a maximum oil price system in response to high oil prices originating from the Middle East.]
The nominee for Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, who will oversee real estate policies, is also a bureaucrat, current 2nd Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Hong Ji-sun.
Born in Donghae, Gangwon Province in 1970, she previously worked closely with President Lee when he served as the Governor of Gyeonggi Province, acting as the head of the Gyeonggi Provincial Urban Housing Bureau.
President Lee decided to appoint two-term Democratic Party lawmaker Lee So-young to the position of Minister of SMEs and Startups, which became vacant following former Minister Han Sung-sook's move to Prime Minister.
[Kang Hoon-sik / Chief of Presidential Staff: To more rapidly drive and more broadly spread tangible changes that the public can feel, we established 'competence-centered personnel appointments' as the sole standard for the cabinet.]
A key presidential official explained that promoting current vice ministers as candidates for the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport—which have recently pushed for real estate tax revision plans—signifies an intention to listen to public voices while maintaining the working-level line, without significantly altering the existing policy stance.
Presidential Policy Chief Kim Yong-beom, who has faced accountability demands from the conservative opposition and parts of the pan-ruling camp regarding single-stock leverage ETFs, was not included in this replacement list.
Meanwhile, Minister of Strategy and Finance Koo Yun-cheol initially canceled his attendance at the G20 Finance Ministers' Meeting today before reversing his decision and attending, while current ministers subject to replacement were reportedly not given separate notices of replacement.
(Video filming: Ha Ryong, Video editing: Lee Seung-jin, Design: Hwang Se-yeon, Lee Jong-jung)
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