Yeo Han-koo

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Yeo Han-koo
여한구
Minister for Trade
Assumed office
6 August 2021
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterChung Sye-kyun
Kim Boo-kyum
Preceded byYoo Myung-hee
Deputy Minister for FTA Negotiations
In office
1 March 2019 – 23 July 2020
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterLee Nak-yeon
Preceded byYoo Myung-hee
Succeeded byKim Jung-hoe
Personal details
Born (1967-11-14) 14 November 1967 (age 54)
Seoul, South Korea
Alma materSeoul National University
Harvard University
In this Korean name, the family name is Yeo.

Yeo Han-koo (Korean: 여한구; Hanja: 呂翰九, born 14 November 1969) is the Minister for Trade of South Korea serving under President Moon Jae-in from August 2021. Yeo is considered a veteran trade negotiator and technocrat.[1]

In the first cross-departmental committee on trade Yeo chaired, he proposed five trade topics that its policies should prioritise from supply chain, technology and digital transformation to vaccine and carbon neutrality.[2] Yeo is expected to lead the country's accession to CPTPP and DEPA.

Over the past 25 years, he worked in various government agencies since he passed the Korean state civil servant exam in 1992.[3] Before promoted to President Moon's third trade minister, Yeo served as his secretary for New Southern and New Northern Policies at Office of the President. Yeo also served as the deputy trade minister after his predecessor Yoo Myung-hee was promoted to the country's first woman trade minister.

Along with various trade related roles in the government, he worked at World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation as its senior investment officer from 2010 to 2014.

Yeo holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Seoul National University as well as a Master of Public Administration and a MBA from Harvard University.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ 조민정 (2021-08-05). "여한구 통상교섭본부장…협상 능력 탁월한 통상 전문가". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  2. ^ www.etnews.com (2021-09-02). "여한구 본부장, 취임 후 첫 통상추진위원회…국부 창출형 5대 전략 방향 제시". 대한민국 IT포털의 중심! 이티뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  3. ^ Byung-wook, Kim (2021-09-14). "Who is Yeo Han-koo?". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  4. ^ "Minister For Trade | Minister & Vice Ministers | Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy". english.motie.go.kr. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
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