Kim Oe-sook
김외숙
Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs
In office
29 May 2019 – 9 May 2022
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Preceded byCho Hyun-ok
Succeeded byposition abolished
Minister of Government Legislation
In office
12 June 2017 – 29 May 2019
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterLee Nak-yeon
Succeeded byKim Hyeong-yeon
Personal details
Born (1967-08-10) 10 August 1967
Pohang, South Korea
Political partyDemocratic Party of Korea
Alma materSeoul National University (LLB)
University of Virginia (LLM)

Kim Oe-sook (Korean: 김외숙; Hanja: 金外淑; 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.[2]

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. ↑ "Moon replaces National Tax Service chief".
  2. 1 2 "Minister Kim Oe-sook's history".
  3. ↑ "Moon replaces three vice-ministerial level officials, as show of determination to speed up administration's reform drive".
  4. ↑ "국민의 눈높이로 소통하는 법제처의 수장" [Minister Kim for engaging with citizens] (in Korean).
  5. ↑ 임형섭 (2020-08-13). "靑 "수석급 이상 인사 일단락"…노영민·김외숙 사표 반려(종합)". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-08-13.
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