Kang Jung-ai

South Korean academic (born 1957)
강정애
Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 December 2023PresidentYoon Suk YeolPrime MinisterHan Duck-sooPreceded byPark Min-shik Personal detailsBorn (1957-05-05) 5 May 1957 (age 66)
Seocho, Seoul, South KoreaPolitical partyIndependentAlma materSookmyung Women's University (BA, MA)
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University (PhD)

Kang Jung-ae (Korean: 강정애, born 5 May 1957) is a South Korean professor. She was born in Seoul in 1957. She majored in business administration at Sookmyung Women's University and received a Ph.D. in human resources economics from Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbon University.[1]

She became a professor at her alma mater in 1988 and served as its president from 2016 to 2020.[1]

Kang served as a member of the Presidential Committee on Regulatory Reform and the National Economic Advisory Council during the conservative Lee Myung Bak government.[1]

With her inauguration, Kang became South Korea's second female minister of veterans affairs.[1]

See also

Cabinet of Yoon Suk Yeol

References

  1. ^ a b c d "(profile) Ex-university chief tapped to lead veterans ministry". December 4, 2023. pp. Yonhap News Agency.
Political offices
Preceded by
Park Min-shik
 Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs
2023–present 		Incumbent


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