Hong Nam-ki

Hong Nam-ki
홍남기
Prime Minister of South Korea
Acting
17 April 2021 – 14 May 2021
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Preceded byChung Sye-kyun
Succeeded byKim Boo-kyum
Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
11 December 2018 – 9 May 2022
Serving with Yoo Eun-hae
Prime MinisterLee Nak-yeon
Chung Sye-kyun
Himself (acting)
Kim Boo-kyum
Preceded byKim Dong-yeon
Minister of Economy and Finance
In office
11 December 2018 – 9 May 2022
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterLee Nak-yeon
Chung Sye-kyun
Himself (acting)
Kim Boo-kyum
Preceded byKim Dong-yeon
Succeeded byChoo Kyung-ho
Minister for Government Policy Coordination
In office
11 May 2017 – 9 November 2018
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterLee Nak-yeon
Preceded byLee Seok-jun
Succeeded byNoh Hyeong-ouk
First Vice Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning
In office
18 January 2016 – 10 May 2017
PresidentPark Geun-hye
Prime MinisterHwang Kyo-ahn
Preceded byLee Seok-joon
Succeeded byMin Won-ki
Personal details
Born (1960-07-29) 29 July 1960 (age 63)
Chuncheon, Gangwon, South Korea
RelativesSee Namyang Hong clan
Alma materHanyang University
University of Salford
Hong Nam-ki
Hangul
홍남기
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHong Nam-gi
McCune–ReischauerHong Namki

Hong Nam-ki (Korean홍남기; Hanja洪楠基; born 29 July 1960) is a former Minister of Economy and Finance and a Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea served under President Moon Jae-in from 2018 to 2022. He is the longest serving Minister of Economy and Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of the country.[1][2][3] He previously served as an acting Prime Minister from April to May 2021.

Hong is considered a veteran technocrat working at mostly at budget-related departments under both conservative and liberal governments for over three decades.[4] Before promoted to President Moon's second finance minister, Hong was his first Minister for Government Policy Coordination (OPC) and previously president Park Geun-hye's vice minister for now-Ministry of Science and ICT.

His nomination as President Moon's next finance minister was strongly recommended by then-Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon whom Hong closely worked for as Minister for Government Policy Coordination.[5] Hong's predecessor, Kim Dong-yeon, also served as the head of OPC under previous administration before appointed as Moon's first finance minister.

As of December 2020, Hong is also one of four people who continue to serve President Moon as cabinet minister or ministerial-level government official from the beginning of Moon's presidency in 2017 along with Kim Sang-jo, Suh Hoon, and Kang Kyung-wha.

  1. ^ "홍남기 "100조짜리 자영업 손실보상법, 현실적으로 불가"". Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. ^ "홍남기, 두 번째 '장수 경제부총리'... 30일로 재임 660일째". www.sisa-news.com (in Korean). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. ^ "'홍남기표' 정책은 없지만…그럼에도 843일 최장수 부총리". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 31 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. ^ "새 경제수장 홍남기 내정자는 누구?…진보·보수정권서 靑 근무". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 9 November 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. ^ "靑 "이낙연 총리가 홍남기 부총리로 강력 추천"(종합)". 연합인포맥스 (in Korean). 9 November 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

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