Agency Name: | Ministry of Education |
Nativename A: | 교육부 敎育部 |
Nativename R: | Gyoyukbu |
Formed: | March 23, 2013 |
Preceding1: | Ministry of Education |
Preceding2: | Ministry of Education |
Preceding3: | Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development |
Jurisdiction: | Government of South Korea |
Headquarters: | 408 Galmae-ro, Sejong, Republic of Korea 30119 |
Minister1 Name: | Lee Ju-ho |
Deputyminister1 Name: | Oh Seok-hwan |
Website: | Official English Site |
The Ministry of Education (MOE;) is a cabinet-level division of the government of South Korea. It was created on March 23, 2013. It should not be confused with seventeen regional Offices of Education whose heads, Superintendents, are directly elected in local elections.
Its headquarters are in the Sejong Regional Government Complex in Sejong City.[1] Previously it was located in the Central Government Complex in Jongno District, Seoul.[2] [3]
Portrait | Name | Term of office | President | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Minister of Education (2013–2014) | ||||||
55 | Seo Nam-soo | 23 March 2013 | 7 August 2014 | Park Geun-hye | ||
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education (2014-present) | ||||||
56 | Hwang Woo-yea | 8 August 2014 | 12 January 2016 | Park Geun-hye | ||
57 | Lee Joon-sik | 13 January 2016 | 4 July 2017 | |||
58 | Kim Sang-gon | 5 July 2017 | 2 October 2018 | Moon Jae-in | ||
59 | Yoo Eun-hae | 2 October 2018 | 9 May 2022 | |||
60 | Park Soon-ae | 5 July 2022 | 8 August 2022 | Yoon Suk-yeol | ||
61 | Lee Ju-ho | 7 November 2022 | Incumbent |