Chung Young-ai explained

Alma Mater:Ewha Womans University
Office:Minister of Gender Equality and Family
President:Moon Jae-in
Predecessor:Lee Jung-ok
Successor:Kim Hyun-sook
Term Start:29 December 2020
Term End:9 May 2022
Office1:Senior Secretary to the President for Personnel Affairs
President1:Roh Moo-hyun
Predecessor1:Park Nam-choon
Termend1:24 February 2008
Termstart1:21 December 2007
Successor1:position abolished
Primeminister:Chung Sye-kyun
Termstart2:December 2003
Termend:17 May 2022
Termend2:February 2006
Office2:Secretary to the President for Personnel Affairs
President2:Roh Moo-hyun

Chung Young-ai (; born 1955) is a South Korean professor of social welfare at Seoul Cyber University served as Minister of Gender Equality and Family[1] [2] from 2020 to 2022.[3] She is the first Korean to hold a doctorate degree in women's studies.[4]

In 1997 Chung was an advisor to the preceding agency of the Ministry, the Second Ministry of State for Political Affairs. A year later, she moved to South Chungcheong Provincial Governor's Office where she served as its first women's policy administrator for almost five years. In January 2003 she joined then-President-elect Roh Moo-hyun's transition team as a member of social, cultural and women's affairs division. Later that year Chung was appointed as Roh's presidential secretary for personnel affairs and continued to work for Roh til 2006. In 2007 she returned to Roh's Office of the President and served as a senior presidential secretary for personnel affairs, a vice-ministerial position, till the end of Roh's presidency in February 2008.[5]

Chung holds three degrees from Ewha Womans University - a bachelor and a master's in sociology and a doctorate in women's studies.

References

  1. Web site: Moon Carries Out Cabinet Reshuffle, Replaces 4 Ministers. 2020-12-27. world.kbs.co.kr. en.
  2. Web site: 2020-12-04. 여가부 장관 후보자 정영애는 누구?. 2020-12-27. The Hankyoreh. ko.
  3. Web site: 2020-12-28. 文대통령, 변창흠·정영애 인사 재가..29일 임기 시작(속보). 2020-12-28. 이데일리. ko.
  4. Web site: 김 . 보람. 2020-12-04. (profile) Sociology expert tapped as gender minister. 2020-12-27. Yonhap News Agency. en.
  5. Web site: 2020-12-04. [정영애 여가부 장관 후보자는 누구?] ‘여성학 박사 1호’...성평등 정책 이론·실전 경험 풍부]. 2020-12-27. 여성신문. ko.