Lee Sook-jin

Lee Sook-jin (Korean: 이숙진; born 1964) is a South Korean women's right activist previously served as President Moon Jae-in's first Vice Minister of Gender Equality and Family.

Lee Sook-jin
이숙진
Vice Minister of Gender Equality and Family
In office
13 June 2017 – 7 February 2019
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterLee Nak-yeon
MinisterChung Hyun-back
Jin Sun-mee
Succeeded byKim Hee-kyung
Personal details
Born1964
Gwangju, South Korea
Alma materEwha Womans University
This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.

Before appointed as Vice Minister, Lee was a director of Korea Foundation for Women from 2016.[1] From 2013 to 2015 she led Seoul city's own Foundation of Women and Family. From 2010 to 2012 she worked as a researcher and research professor at Catholic University of Daegu.[2] She was previously a researcher at the Incheon Institute, an Incheon city's think tank.[3] In 2010 she founded gender studies research centre.

Moreover, Lee spent her entire career in public service under President Roh Moo-hyun from 2003 to 2008 before recruited by President Moon Jae-in as the deputy head of the Ministry in 2017. From 2003 to 2005 she worked as an administrator at the Office of the President and in 2007 she was promoted to its one of secretaries. From 2006 to 2009 she also worked as associate professor at Ministry of Health and Welfare-funded Korea Human Resource Institute for Health and Welfare.[2]

Lee holds three degrees from Ewha Womans University - a bachelor in communications and a master's and a doctorate in women's studies.[4]

References
  1. "[프로필] 이숙진 여성가족부 차관 - 머니투데이 뉴스". news.mt.co.kr (in Korean). 13 June 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. 김계연 (13 June 2017). "참여정부 비서관 출신 여성정책 전문가…이숙진 여가부 차관". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. "이숙진 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. "[프로필]이숙진 여성가족부 차관…"국내파 여성학 전문가"". 아시아경제 (in Korean). 13 June 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2020.


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