Kim Oe-sook explained

Alma Mater:Seoul National University (LLB)
University of Virginia (LLM)
Birth Date:10 August 1967
Birth Place:Pohang, South Korea
Office:Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs
President:Moon Jae-in
Predecessor:Cho Hyun-ok
Termstart:29 May 2019
Office1:Minister of Government Legislation
President1:Moon Jae-in
Primeminister1:Lee Nak-yeon
Termstart1:12 June 2017
Termend1:29 May 2019
Succeeded1:Kim Hyeong-yeon
Party:Democratic Party of Korea
Termend:9 May 2022
Successor:position abolished

Kim Oe-sook (; born 10 August 1967) is a South Korean lawyer served as President Moon Jae-in's Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs from 2019 to 2022 and previously served as his first Minister of Government Legislation - the second woman ever to lead the Ministry.[1]

After passing the bar exam in 1989 and completing the training at the Judicial Research and Training Institute in 1992, she began and dedicated her career as a lawyer at law firm Busan,[2] which is founded by Moon after former President and then-lawyer Roh Moo-hyun quit a law firm Roh and Moon jointly opened to become a lawmaker.[3]

Kim took various roles: the Vice-president of Korean Women Lawyers Association, a member of Busan Regional Labor Relations Commission, a Commissioner of Council of Conciliation at Busan High Court and a member of Busan and Gyeongsangbuk-do Administrative Appeals Commissions.[4] She also taught and led a law clinic at Dong-A University Law School as an adjunct professor.

Kim is one of few senior officials of Office of the President Moon Jae-in to keep their post despite offering their resignation in midst of Moon's secretariat reshuffles in August 2020.[5]

She holds two degrees in law - a bachelor from Seoul National University and a master's from University of Virginia Law School.

References

  1. News: Moon replaces National Tax Service chief.
  2. Web site: Minister Kim Oe-sook's history.
  3. News: Moon replaces three vice-ministerial level officials, as show of determination to speed up administration's reform drive.
  4. News: 국민의 눈높이로 소통하는 법제처의 수장. ko. Minister Kim for engaging with citizens.
  5. Web site: 임 . 형섭. 2020-08-13. 靑 "수석급 이상 인사 일단락"…노영민·김외숙 사표 반려(종합). 2020-08-13. Yonhap News Agency. ko.