Kim Dong-yeon (; born 28 January 1957) is a South Korean politician serving as 36th governor of Gyeonggi Province since 1 July 2022. He previously served as the 4th Minister of Economy and Finance and

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from 2017 to 2018. Kim was a candidate for the 2022 South Korean presidential election as an

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, with the endorsement of Period Transition and the formation of his own Party, the New Wave.

Early life

After completion of high school, he worked as a

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at Seoul Trust Bank (which is now KEB Hana Bank) while completing his undergraduate degree in law at the evening school of Kookjae University. He spent most of his time in government at Ministry of Economy and Finance and its preceding agencies where he began and ended his career in public service at. In 1982 he passed the state exams for both legal affairs and administration and began working as a working-level administrator at its preceding agency. He took numerous economy and budgeting related roles in government ministries, Office of the President and presidential transition team. He was recruited by three consecutive presidents. He was Lee Myung-bak's second vice finance minister and

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's minister for government policy coordination. Before promoted to

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's first finance minister, he was the 15th president of Ajou University for two years. Kim holds four degrees - a bachelor in law from Kookjae University, two master's in administration from Seoul National University and

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and a doctorate in administration from

. In 2022, he was elected as the 36th governor of Gyeonggi Province during the

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by a very narrow margin of 0.15%.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Dong-yeon Living people 1957 births People from North Chungcheong Province Seokyeong University alumni Seoul National University alumni University of Michigan alumni Government ministers of South Korea Finance ministers of South Korea Deputy Prime Ministers of South Korea Presidents of universities and colleges in South Korea Governors of Gyeonggi Province