Party: | independent |
Alma Mater: | Dankook University Seoul National University University of Sussex |
Office: | Minister of Environment |
Termstart: | 10 November 2018 |
President: | Moon Jae-in |
Primeminister: | Lee Nak-yeon Chung Sye-kyun |
Predecessor: | Kim Eun-kyung |
Birth Date: | 22 March 1955 |
Birth Place: | Andong, South Korea |
Termend: | 22 January 2021 |
Successor: | Han Jeoung-ae |
Cho Myung-rae (; born 22 March 1955) is a South Korean professor of urban planning at Dankook University[1] previously served as the Ministry of Environment under President Moon Jae-in from 2018 to 2021.
Before appointed as the Minister, he was the president of the government-funded research institute, Korea Environment Institute, and the association of heads of the environmental research organisations.[2]
He was previously the co-president of an environment NGO, Environmental Justice, from 2011 to 2017 and chair of Seoul's Sustainable Development Committee from 2013 to 2015.[3]
Cho holds four degrees - a bachelor in regional development from Dankook University, a master's in environmental planning from Seoul National University and a master's and a doctorate in urban and regional studies from University of Sussex.[4]