Chief Presidential Secretary for Policy

The Chief Presidential Secretary for Policy (Korean: 대통령비서실 정책실장; Hanja: 大統領祕書室 政策室長) is a ministerial level position at the Office of President appointed by the President of South Korea.

Chief Presidential Secretary for Policy of the Republic of Korea
대통령비서실 정책실장
Emblem of South Korea
Incumbent Kim Yong-beom [ko] since 6 June 2025
Appointer	President of South Korea
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Lee Jung-woo
Formation	25 March 2003; 22 years ago (2003-03-25)

President Roh first created this post.^[1] The succeeding president Lee changed its status to the vice-ministerial level. President Moon returned this post to a ministerial-level position^[2] which was abolished under Park's administration.^[3] Moon's successor Yoon abolished the post following his promise to reduce the size of the presidential secretariat.^[4] However, Yoon revived this post in order to strengthen policy coordination. ^[5]

List of presidential secretaries for policy

No.	Name	Term of office			President
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Lee Jung-woo	25 February 2003	31 December 2003	309 days	Roh Moo-hyun
2	Park Bong-heum [ko]	1 January 2004	13 June 2004	164 days
3	Kim Byong-joon	14 June 2004	31 May 2006	1 year, 351 days
4	Kwon Oh-kyu [ko]	1 June 2006	3 July 2006	32 days
5	Byun Yang-gyun [ko]	4 July 2006	10 September 2007	1 year, 68 days
6	Sung Gyung-ryung	21 September 2007	24 February 2008	156 days
Office not in use		2008–2009		1 year, 187 days	Lee Myung-bak
7	Yoon Jin-sik [ko]	1 September 2009	25 May 2010	266 days
8	Paek Yong-ho [ko]	16 July 2010	12 December 2011	1 year, 149 days
9	Kim Dae-gi [ko]	13 August 2012	24 February 2013	195 days
Office not in use		2013–2017		4 years, 84 days	Park Geun-hye
10	Jang Ha-sung [ko]	21 May 2017	9 November 2018	1 year, 172 days	Moon Jae-in
11	Kim Soo-hyun [ko]	10 November 2018	21 June 2019	223 days
12	Kim Sang-jo	21 June 2019	29 March 2021	1 year, 281 days
13	Lee Ho-seung [ko]	29 March 2021	9 May 2022	1 year, 41 days
Office not in use		2022–2023		1 year, 209 days	Yoon Suk Yeol
Lee Kwan-sub [ko]		4 December 2023	31 December 2023	27 days
Sung Tae-yoon [ko]		1 January 2024	30 May 2025	1 year, 149 days
Kim Yong-beom [ko]		6 June 2025	Incumbent		Lee Jae Myung

See also

• Office of the President (South Korea)
• Chief of Staff to the President (South Korea)
• Senior Presidential Secretary
• President of South Korea
• Government of South Korea
• Politics of South Korea