Yoo Jin-ryong explained
Alma Mater: | Hanyang University |
Module: | Child: | yes | Hangul: | 유진룡 | Hanja: | 劉震龍 | Rr: | Yu Jinryong | Mr: | Yu Chinryong |
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Yoo Jin-ryong is a South Korean politician who formerly served as the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Life and career
Yoo Jin-ryong was born on September 2, 1956, in Incheon. In 1979, he graduated from Seoul National University with a bachelor's degree in Commerce and Trade, followed by a master's degree in Public Administration from Hanyang University a few years later.[1]
On February 13, 2013, Yoo Jin Ryong was appointed as South Korea's Minister of Culture.[2] Yoo resigned from the post in July 2014 after he clashed with President Park over staffing issues.[3] [4]
Notes and References
- News: Profiles of minister-nominees: Yoo Jin-ryong, Culture, sports and tourism. The Korea Herald. 22 March 2013.
- Web site: Yoo Jin-ryong, a respected and seasoned cultural bureaucrat. Yonhap. 22 March 2013.
- News: Kim Hoo-ran. Troubling revelations about Seoul's 'Shadow President': The Korea Herald columnist . 27 October 2016 . The Straits Times . https://web.archive.org/web/20161028132834/http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/troubling-revelations-about-seouls-shadow-president-the-korea-herald-columnist . 28 October 2016 . live . dmy.
- Yoo Jin-ryong accused President Park's chief of staff of pressuring, in 2014, the ministry to fire six high-level officials because their political views were "incompatible with the Park administration." News: Jung Min-ho . Former top presidential aide's home raided . 26 December 2016 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20161227134944/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/12/116_220874.html . 27 December 2016 . live . dmy.