Choo Kyung-ho
MP
추경호
Choo in 2022
Acting Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
12 May 2022 – 20 May 2022
PresidentYoon Suk Yeol
Preceded byKim Boo-kyum
Succeeded byHan Duck-soo
9th Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Economy and Finance
In office
10 May 2022 – 28 December 2023
Prime MinisterKim Boo-kyum
Himself (acting)
Han Duck-soo
Preceded byHong Nam-ki
Succeeded byChoi Sang-mok
Minister for Government Policy Coordination
In office
25 July 2014 – 12 January 2016
PresidentPark Geun-hye
Prime MinisterChung Hong-won
Lee Wan-koo
Hwang Kyo-ahn
Preceded byKim Dong-yeon
Succeeded byLee Seok-joon
Member of the National Assembly
for Dalseong
Assumed office
30 May 2016
Preceded byLee Jong-jin
Personal details
Born (1960-07-29) 29 July 1960 (age 63)
Dalseong, North Gyeongsang, South Korea
Political partySaenuri Party (2016–2017)
Liberty Korea Party (2017–2020)
People Power Party (2020–present)
SpouseKim Hee-kyung
Children2
EducationKorea University (BBA)
University of Oregon (MA)

Choo Kyung-ho (Korean: 추경호, born 29 July 1960) is a South Korean government official and politician. He is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance under the Yoon Suk Yeol government. He has been serving as the Member of the National Assembly for Dalseong since 2016.

Before entering to the National Assembly, he served as the 1st Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance, as well as the Minister for Government Policy Coordination under the President Park Geun-hye, and the Vice Chairman of the Financial Services Commission under the Lee Myung-bak government.

Personal life and education

Choo was born in Dalseong, North Gyeongsang (now under Daegu) and attended Keisung High School.[1][2][3][4][5] He was educated at Korea University, where he completed Bachelor in Business Administration.[1][2][3][4][5] He also obtained master's degree in economics at the University of Oregon, United States.[4][5]

He is married to Kim Hee-kyung and has 2 daughters.[2][3]

Early career

From 1987, he had been working at the Economic Planning Board and the Ministry of Finance and Economy; both are the predecessors of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.[1][2][3][4][5] During this time, he drew the basis of South Korean macroeconomics.[2][3] He was sent to the World Bank in 1999 and also worked as an councillor at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 2006 to 2009.[2][3][4][5] He also served as the Vice Chairman of the Financial Services Commission.[1][2][3][4][5]

Political career

Choo with the Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ricardo Patiño (right) in 2013.

Following the 2012 presidential election, the President Park Geun-hye appointed him as the 1st Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance in March 2013.[1] He was promoted to the Minister for Government Policy Coordination in July 2014.[6][7]

Prior to the 2016 election, Choo joined the Saenuri Party, along with Chong Jong-sup, who was also the Cabinet member under the President Park.[8][9] He contested for Dalseong and was elected.[10][11] He became the Director of The Yeouido Institute in March 2017, shortly after the impeachment of Park Geun-hye.[12] He was re-elected in 2020.[13]

Following the 2022 presidential election, President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol nominated him as the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Economy and Finance.[2][3][4][5]

Other activities

Election results

General elections

Year Constituency Political party Votes (%) Remarks
2016 Dalseong Saenuri 40,355 (48.07%) Won
2020 Dalseong UFP 88,846 (67.33%) Won

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "[프로필]추경호 기획재정부 1차관". 24 March 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "[프로필] 추경호 경제부총리 후보자…경제관료 출신 대구달성 국회의원". 10 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "[프로필] 추경호 경제부총리 후보자…정통 경제관료 출신 재선의원". 10 April 2022. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "[프로필] 추경호 경제부총리 겸 기획재정부 장관 후보자... '거시경제·금융정책 전문가'". 10 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "[프로필]추경호 경제부총리 겸 기획재정부 장관 후보자". 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  6. ^ "국무조정실장에 추경호…장차관급 13명 인사". 25 July 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  7. ^ "<프로필> 추경호 국무조정실장". 25 July 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  8. ^ "정종섭·추경호 "박근혜 정부의 성공 위해 대구 출마"". 13 January 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  9. ^ "정종섭·추경호, 오늘 새누리당 입당 원서 제출". 13 January 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  10. ^ "제20대 국회의원선거 대구달성 당선자 추경호 당선소감". 13 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  11. ^ "<국회의원 당선인> 추경호 "정치인 보면 세금 아깝다는 것이 여론"". 21 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  12. ^ "여의도연구원장에 추경호 의원 내정". 23 March 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  13. ^ "[21대 국회의원선거] 대구 달성군 미래통합당 추경호 당선". 16 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  14. ^ Board of Governors International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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