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■ President Seo-wook Yuk-Cham is appointed Minister of Defense
Defense Officer, the Joint Chiefs of Staff was not selected harshly
Prime Minister of the Wen Government Army
Step on elite courses like the CFC operation
靑 “Combination of the heart of the heart … Expectations for the reform of the national defense”
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On the 28th, President Moon Jae-in appointed Seo-wook (57, photo) Chief of Army Staff as the new Defense Minister.
Candidate Seo is from the Gwangju Metropolitan City. After graduating from the Military Academy (class 41) in 1985, he was appointed as the so-called subcommittee, then served as Chief of Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Chief of Operations in the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
This is the first time that the Moon Jae-in administration has been nominated for an army candidate as a candidate for Defense Minister. Former Minister Song Young-moo, who served as Prime Minister of Defense in Moon Jae-in’s administration, is from the Navy, and the second and current Minister Jung Kyung-doo is from the Air Force. For this reason, it is noted that the third defense minister has made arrangements for military personnel.
It has been 14 years since former Minister Kim Jang-soo was appointed in 2006 that the Chief of Staff of the Army was appointed Minister of Defense without going through the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Therefore, the selection of the candidate Seo is evaluated as an unconventional figure inside and outside the military.
At first, when the rumors about the replacement of the Defense Minister emerged, there was discussion about the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lee Soon-jin or the current Joint Chief of Staff Park Han-ki. Furthermore, since President Moon has argued that “the civilization process of the Ministry of National Defense through the Minister of Civil Defense and Defense is necessary,” it was also predicted that the Minister of National Defense, who was not a military man, would emerge.
A key member of the Blue House said: “It was the appointment of a new minister based on capacity”, for the appointment by the current government of a minister of the first army. “Minister Jung Gyeong-du served for a long time and made great effort through many efforts, but it is also significant to renew a new atmosphere.” Said.
When candidate Seo was appointed army chief of staff last year, observations prevailed in the army that the army chief would come out of a fattenant to break vested interests. However, when the candidate Seo, who was then a lieutenant general, was appointed army chief of staff, the idea of ”a port army chief” was kept.
Candidate Seo, who is evaluated as an operational strategy within the military, has been on an elite course, moving between positions in the forward unit commander and in the fields of joint and combined operations. As an expert in the field of joint operations and operations, he is evaluated for having excellent organizational control ability, crisis management ability, and political and strategic mindset.
The selection of Candidate Seo is in the aspect of considering the army, which has been excluded from the Moon Jae-in administration so far, but it is analyzed that there is also the aspect of creating an environment that can stably promote defensive reform.
The standing troops of our army will be reduced from 555,000 by the end of this year to 500,000 by 2022. The number of corps is reduced from 8 to 6 by 2022, and the division is reduced from 38 to 33 by 2025. Since the army occupies most of the country with the greatest aftermath of defense reform, requires the cooperation of the army for defense reform.
Candidate Seo said, “I am grateful to the president and the people and I feel a lot of responsibility for the selection,” and said, “I am not drawing a big plan because of the sudden nomination, but I will work hard to foster the army with the people.” .
On the other hand, in relation to the replacement of the Defense Minister, rumors also flowed about the replacement of the Minister of Health and Welfare Park Neung-hoo and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha. However, it is observed that the ‘reorganization of a point’ has been carried out since it is necessary to fight for the evolution of the reproliferation of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
/ Reporter Kim Jeong-wook and Heo Se-min [email protected]
Seowook Candidate Profile
△ In 1963 Gwangju △ Gwangju Inseong High School △ 41st Military Army △ Master of Military Strategy △ Army Chief of Staff △ Joint Operations Headquarters △ Commander of the 1st Corps △ Commander of the 25th Infantry Division △ Director of Operations for the Korea-US Combined Forces USA
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