The Chief of Staff to the President (Korean : 대통령비서실장 Hanja : 大統領秘書室長 Chief Presidential Secretary , is the highest-ranking employee of the Blue House and serves as chief of staff to the President of South Korea .[1] [2] [3] Moon Jae-in was a former chief of staff.
List of chiefs of staff edit
No. 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 (acting) 6 Kim Joon-ha [ko ] 18 August 1960 20 October 1960 Yun Bo-seon 7 Lee Jae-hang [ko ] 21 October 1960 6 April 1962 8 Lee Dong-won [ko ] 6 April 1962 6 December 1963 Park Chung Hee (acting) 9 Lee Hu-rak 10 December 1963 21 October 1969 Park Chung Hee 10 Kim Chung-yum 21 October 1969 22 December 1978 11 Kim Gye-won [ko ] 22 December 1978 30 October 1979 12 Choi Kwang-soo [ko ] 7 November 1979 27 August 1980 Choi Kyu-hah 13 Kim Kyung-won [ko ] 27 August 1980 30 December 1981 Chun Doo-hwan 14 Lee Beom-seok 3 January 1982 2 June 1982 15 Ham Byung-chun [ko ] 6 June 1982 9 October 1983 16 Kang Kyung-shik [ko ] 15 October 1983 21 January 1985 17 Lee Kyu-ho [ko ] 21 January 1985 14 October 1985 18 Park Young-soo [ko ] 15 October 1985 19 July 1987 19 Kim Yun-hwan [ko ] 20 July 1987 24 February 1988 20 Hong Sung-cheol [ko ] 25 February 1988 17 March 1990 Roh Tae-woo 21 Ro Jai-bong 17 March 1990 27 December 1990 22 Jeong Hae-chang [ko ] 27 December 1990 24 February 1993 23 Park Kwan-yong [ko ] 25 February 1993 23 December 1994 Kim Young-sam 24 Han Seung-soo 23 December 1994 21 December 1995 25 Kim Kwang-il [ko ] 21 December 1995 28 February 1997 26 Kim Yong-tae [ko ] 28 February 1997 24 February 1998 27 Kim Joong-kwon [ko ] 25 February 1998 23 November 1999 Kim Dae-jung 28 Han Kwang-ok [ko ] [4] 23 November 1999 10 September 2001 29 Lee Sang-joo [ko ] 10 September 2001 29 January 2002 30 Jeon Yun-churl [ko ] 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 Kim Woo-shik [ko ] 13 July 2004 19 August 2005 34 Lee Byung-wan [ko ] 25 August 2005 9 March 2007 35 Moon Jae-in 12 March 2007 24 February 2008 36 Yu Woo-ik [ko ] 25 February 2008 10 June 2008 Lee Myung-bak 37 Jeong Jeong-gil [ko ] 20 June 2008 3 June 2010 38 Yim Tae-hee 16 July 2010 30 November 2011 39 Ha Geum-yeol [ko ] 12 December 2011 24 February 2013 40 Heo Tae-yeol [ko ] 25 February 2013 4 August 2013 Park Geun-hye 41 Kim Ki-chun [ko ] 5 August 2013 22 February 2015 42 Lee Byung-ki [ko ] 1 March 2015 15 May 2016 43 Lee Won-jong [ko ] 16 May 2016 30 October 2016 (28) Han Kwang-ok [ko ] 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 [ko ] 10 May 2022 31 December 2023 Yoon Suk Yeol 48 Lee Kwan-sup [ko ] 1 January 2024 22 April 2024 49 Chung Jin-suk 22 April 2024 incumbent
