Kim Min-seok, a member of the Supreme Council of the Democratic Party of Korea, has been nominated as Prime Minister after President Lee Jae-Myung Jong-un announced the personnel arrangements of the new government at the presidential office in Seoul. Li said Jin had deep insight into national governance and the ability to implement policies, as well as the ability to be meticulous and pragmatic and integrate politics. He was the right person to lead the country to overcome the crisis and restore the people’s livelihood and economy.
According to the Yonhap News Agency and East Asia Daily, the 61-year-old is not only a member of the four-term Korean parliament, but also one of Lee Jae-Myung’s closest confidants. His rich political experience, close relationship with the president and pragmatic attitude towards china-south Korea relations have made the appointment the focus of attention in South Korean politics.
Kim was born in Seoul in 1964 and attended the university’s Department of Seoul National University Sociology, where he served as president of the General Student Council and co-president of the National Student Body. In 1995, he received a master’s degree from Harvard’s Kennedy School of government. This followed Kim’s promotion into politics in 1991 by the late Kim Dae-jung. Although he failed in his first parliamentary election in 1992, he became the youngest member of Parliament in 1996 at the age of 32 and served two consecutive terms.
Reported that in 2002, Kim Min-suk resigned as a member of Parliament to run for Mayor of Seoul, lost to former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak. That same year he suffered a political setback after failing to support ROH Moo-hyun in the presidential election, and then failed to return to Congress for 18 years.
In the midst of his political frustration, Jin once again chose to pursue his studies overseas. In 2010, he received a master’s degree in Chinese Tsinghua University School of Law Law, followed by a doctorate in law from Rutgers University School of Law, and qualified as a lawyer in New Jersey. He returned to active politics in 2016, was elected to the 21st Congress in 2020,2024 re-elected, completed his “Four-term members” political return.
Kim’s deep connection with Lee Jae-myung began in the 2022 presidential election, when he served as Lee Jae-myung’s campaign strategist, he later served as chairman of the Policy Committee, head of the General Situation Office for the parliamentary elections, and chief of the party Supreme Committee, among other positions, becoming one of the “Earliest and most firm” practitioners of Lee Jae-Myung’s political ideas.
At the 2023 of the country’s political turmoil, Kim was the first to alert Lee Jae-Myung about a possible emergency martial law imposed by Yoon’s government, becoming an important “Intelligence source” for the president. At the start of the 2024, Kim also published a biography of Lee Jae-myung, which made him seen as Lee Jae-Myung’s “Mouthpiece for ideas”.
Kim Min-seok’s study experience in China also gives him a unique perspective on sino-korean relations. Although he rarely makes high-profile public statements about his China policy, he is widely described by members of South Korea’s ruling party as a pragmatist with an international outlook who advocates balanced diplomacy. According to reports, the Prime Minister’s nomination is still subject to a parliamentary personnel hearing and formal voting process, but given the Democratic Party of the People’s Republic of China has a majority in the National Assembly, there is little doubt that he will take office. Under South Korea’s current law, the Prime Minister can also serve as a member of Parliament, Kim min-suk is also expected to become a rare constitutional history of the South Korean“Member and Prime Minister.”.