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South Korean academic (born 1957)
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Kamg Jung-ai
강정애
Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 December 2023
PresidentYoon Suk Yeol
Prime MinisterHan Duck-soo
Preceded byPark Min-shik
Personal details
Born (1957-05-05) 5 May 1957 (age 67)
Seocho, Seoul, South Korea
Political partyIndependent
Alma 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.

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

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.

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

See also

Cabinet of Yoon Suk Yeol

References

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


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