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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
SEOUL, June 4 (Xinhua) — President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Lee Jae-myung has appointed a prime minister and senior officials after being sworn in as the country’s 21st president, the presidential office said.
Kim Min-seok, a lawmaker from the ruling Toburo Democratic Party and co-chairman of Lee Jae-myung’s election campaign, has been nominated for the post of cabinet chief.
The prime minister’s candidacy must be approved by the National Assembly (parliament), controlled by the Toburo Democratic Party, after appropriate hearings.
Lee Jae-myung appointed ruling party lawmaker Kang Hoon-sik as presidential chief of staff and diplomat Wi Sung-rak, who was first elected to parliament last April from the Toburo Democratic Party, as top national security adviser to the president.
The president also appointed former Unification Minister Lee Jong-suk as director of the National Intelligence Service.
Lee Jae-myung was sworn in as South Korea’s new president at the National Assembly on Wednesday, officially beginning his first five-year term in office. –0–