| Post: | Chief of Staff to the President |
| Body: | the Republic of Korea |
| Native Name: | Korean: {{nobold|대통령비서실장 |
| Insignia: | Emblem of South Korea.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of South Korea |
| Department: | Office of the President |
| Incumbent: | Chung Jin-suk |
| Incumbentsince: | 22 April 2024 |
| Appointer: | President |
| Termlength: | At the President's pleasure |
| Inaugural: | Lee Ki-poong |
| Rr: | Daetongnyeong biseo siljang |
| Mr: | Taet'ongnyŏng pisŏ shilchang |
The Chief of Staff to the President, or Chief Presidential Secretary, is the highest-ranking employee of the Blue House and serves as chief of staff to the President of South Korea.[1] [2] The chief presidential secretary is traditionally one of the first officials appointed by an incoming president.[3] Former President Moon Jae-in was a former chief of staff.
| Name | Term of office | President | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
| 1 | Lee Ki-poong | 15 April 1948 | October 1948 | Unknown | Syngman Rhee |
| 2 | Kim Yang-cheon | October 1948 | 1 June 1949 | Unknown | |
| 3 | Ko Jae-bong | 1 June 1949 | 1953 | Unknown | |
| 4 | Yoo Chang-joon | 1953 | 26 April 1960 | Unknown | |
| 5 | Chang Il-gang | 26 April 1960 | 12 August 1960 | Heo Jeong | |
| 6 | 18 August 1960 | 20 October 1960 | Yun Bo-seon | ||
| 7 | 21 October 1960 | 6 April 1962 | |||
| 8 | 6 April 1962 | 6 December 1963 | |||
| 9 | Lee Hu-rak | 10 December 1963 | 21 October 1969 | Park Chung Hee | |
| 10 | Kim Chung-yum | 21 October 1969 | 22 December 1978 | ||
| 11 | 22 December 1978 | 30 October 1979 | |||
| 12 | 7 November 1979 | 27 August 1980 | Choi Kyu-hah | ||
| 13 | 27 August 1980 | 30 December 1981 | Chun Doo-hwan | ||
| 14 | Lee Beom-seok | 3 January 1982 | 2 June 1982 | ||
| 15 | 6 June 1982 | 9 October 1983 | |||
| 16 | 15 October 1983 | 21 January 1985 | |||
| 17 | 21 January 1985 | 14 October 1985 | |||
| 18 | 15 October 1985 | 19 July 1987 | |||
| 19 | 20 July 1987 | 24 February 1988 | |||
| 20 | 25 February 1988 | 17 March 1990 | Roh Tae-woo | ||
| 21 | Ro Jai-bong | 17 March 1990 | 27 December 1990 | ||
| 22 | 27 December 1990 | 24 February 1993 | |||
| 23 | 25 February 1993 | 23 December 1994 | Kim Young-sam | ||
| 24 | Han Seung-soo | 23 December 1994 | 21 December 1995 | ||
| 25 | 21 December 1995 | 28 February 1997 | |||
| 26 | 28 February 1997 | 24 February 1998 | |||
| 27 | 25 February 1998 | 23 November 1999 | Kim Dae-jung | ||
| 28 | [4] | 23 November 1999 | 10 September 2001 | ||
| 29 | 10 September 2001 | 29 January 2002 | |||
| 30 | 29 January 2002 | 15 April 2002 | |||
| 31 | Park Jie-won | 15 April 2002 | 24 February 2003 | ||
| 32 | Moon Hee-sang | 25 February 2003 | 13 July 2004 | Roh Moo-hyun | |
| 33 | 13 July 2004 | 19 August 2005 | |||
| 34 | 25 August 2005 | 9 March 2007 | |||
| 35 | Moon Jae-in | 12 March 2007 | 24 February 2008 | ||
| 36 | 25 February 2008 | 10 June 2008 | Lee Myung-bak | ||
| 37 | 20 June 2008 | 3 June 2010 | |||
| 38 | Yim Tae-hee | 16 July 2010 | 30 November 2011 | ||
| 39 | 12 December 2011 | 24 February 2013 | |||
| 40 | 25 February 2013 | 4 August 2013 | Park Geun-hye | ||
| 41 | 5 August 2013 | 22 February 2015 | |||
| 42 | 1 March 2015 | 15 May 2016 | |||
| 43 | 16 May 2016 | 30 October 2016 | |||
| (28) | 3 November 2016 | 9 May 2017 | |||
| 44 | Im Jong-seok | 10 May 2017 | 8 January 2019 | Moon Jae-in | |
| 45 | Noh Young-min | 9 January 2019 | 31 December 2020 | ||
| 46 | You Young-min | 1 January 2021 | 9 May 2022 | ||
| 47 | 10 May 2022 | 31 December 2023 | Yoon Suk Yeol | ||
| 48 | Lee Kwan-sub | 1 January 2024 | 22 April 2024 | ||
| 49 | Chung Jin-suk | 22 April 2024 | incumbent | ||