Chief of Staff to the President (South Korea)

The chief of staff to the president (), or chief presidential secretary, is the highest-ranking employee of the Blue House and serves as chief of staff to the president of South Korea. The chief presidential secretary is traditionally one of the first officials appointed by an incoming president. Former President Moon Jae-in was a former chief of staff.

List of chiefs of staff Name Term of office President Took office Left office Time in office 1 Lee Ki-poong 15 April 1948 October 1948 Unknown Syngman Rhee 2 Kim Yang-cheon October 1948 1 June 1949 Unknown 3 Ko Jae-bong 1 June 1949 1953 Unknown 4 Yoo Chang-joon 1953 26 April 1960 Unknown 5 Chang Il-gang 26 April 1960 12 August 1960 Heo Jeong 6 18 August 1960 20 October 1960 Yun Bo-seon 7 21 October 1960 6 April 1962 8 6 April 1962 6 December 1963 Park Chung Hee 9 Lee Hu-rak 10 December 1963 21 October 1969 Park Chung Hee 10 Kim Chung-yum 21 October 1969 22 December 1978 11 22 December 1978 30 October 1979 12 7 November 1979 27 August 1980 Choi Kyu-hah 13 27 August 1980 30 December 1981 Chun Doo-hwan 14 Lee Beom-seok 3 January 1982 2 June 1982 15 6 June 1982 9 October 1983 16 15 October 1983 21 January 1985 17 21 January 1985 14 October 1985 18 15 October 1985 19 July 1987 19 20 July 1987 24 February 1988 20 25 February 1988 17 March 1990 Roh Tae-woo 21 Ro Jai-bong 17 March 1990 27 December 1990 22 27 December 1990 24 February 1993 23 25 February 1993 23 December 1994 Kim Young-sam 24 Han Seung-soo 23 December 1994 21 December 1995 25 21 December 1995 28 February 1997 26 28 February 1997 24 February 1998 27 25 February 1998 23 November 1999 Kim Dae-jung 28 23 November 1999 10 September 2001 29 10 September 2001 29 January 2002 30 29 January 2002 15 April 2002 31 Park Jie-won 15 April 2002 24 February 2003 32 Moon Hee-sang 25 February 2003 13 July 2004 Roh Moo-hyun 33 13 July 2004 19 August 2005 34 25 August 2005 9 March 2007 35 Moon Jae-in 12 March 2007 24 February 2008 36 25 February 2008 10 June 2008 Lee Myung-bak 37 20 June 2008 3 June 2010 38 Yim Tae-hee 16 July 2010 30 November 2011 39 12 December 2011 24 February 2013 40 25 February 2013 4 August 2013 Park Geun-hye 41 5 August 2013 22 February 2015 42 1 March 2015 15 May 2016 43 16 May 2016 30 October 2016 (28) 3 November 2016 9 May 2017 44 Im Jong-seok 10 May 2017 8 January 2019 Moon Jae-in 45 Noh Young-min 9 January 2019 31 December 2020 46 You Young-min 1 January 2021 9 May 2022 47 Kim Dae-ki 10 May 2022 31 December 2023 Yoon Suk Yeol48Lee Kwan-sub 1 January 2024 22 April 2024 49 Chung Jin-suk 22 April 2024 4 June 2025 50 Kang Hoon-sik 4 June 2025 incumbent Lee Jae-myung

See also Chief Presidential Secretary for Policy Office of the President (South Korea) Senior Presidential Secretary President of South Korea Government of South Korea Politics of South Korea White House Chief of Staff Chief Cabinet Secretary State Council of South Korea

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