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Deok-cheol Kwon appointed Minister of Health and Welfare▶ Click here to enlarge
Health and Welfare Minister Candidate Kwon Deok-cheol said on the 4th: “We will do everything possible to stabilize the crisis situation of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19).”
Candidate Kwon said through the Ministry of Health: “I feel a great sense of responsibility and vocation because I was appointed Minister of Social Welfare during a severe period of Corona 19.”
Candidate Kwon said: “Recently, Corona 19 is spreading again” and said: “Thanks to the active cooperation of social distancing, I think Corona 19 is being administered more stably than other countries, but now it is a very serious situation. “.
He said: “We will do our best to stabilize the corona19 crisis situation through close communication and cooperation with related ministries and healthcare sectors with all the accumulated experiences and capabilities while working in the Ministry of Health and Welfare.” .
Candidate Kwon also made it clear that he would focus on protecting people’s lives and protecting the vulnerable amid the Corona 19 situation.
He stressed that “I will do everything possible to strengthen public medical capacity and strengthen income and care safety nets so that the lives of people and the protection of the vulnerable are not neglected.”
He said in particular: “Next year is the de facto last year of the Moon Jae-in administration, and it is an important time to finish existing state affairs smoothly and bring out the results of the Korean version of the New Deal to give a leap forward as a leading country.
He said, “In the future, I will sincerely prepare for staff hearings, tell myself in detail about the policy plans I create and seek the advice of many people, and do my best to achieve a society that is safe from disease. and people’s lives be happy. ”
Candidate Kwon is a true bureaucrat who has been involved in politics in the fields of health care and social welfare for the past 30 years.
Born in Namwon, Jeollabuk-do, he graduated from the Department of Public Administration at Sungkyunkwan University and assumed public office with the 31st administrative examination (1987). At the Ministry of Social Welfare, he served as deputy minister after serving as head of the Office of Health and Medical Policy and the Office of Planning and Coordination.
At the time of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) crisis in 2015, as head of the health and medical policy office, he worked as head of the ‘MERS Management Countermeasures Headquarters’ and gave a conference press to manage the crisis.
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