Appointment of the first cabinet of the new government is completed... President-elect's first visit to the labor community

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President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol nominated candidates for the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

With the nomination yesterday (14th), the announcement of candidates for the Yoon Seok-yeol government's first cabinet and 18 ministries was completed.

This is reporter Jo Yoon-ha.

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36 days after being elected president, Yun Seok-yeol completed the formation of the cabinet.

Among the two remaining positions, Yun nominated Lee Jung-sik, former secretary general of the Korea Federation of Trade Unions, as the candidate for the Minister of Employment and Labor.

Candidate Lee, who served as a member of the Korean Federation of Trade Unions for 30 years, served as an expert member of the tripartite committee under the Kim Dae-jung administration, and as a worker and public interest member of the Minimum Wage Committee under the Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in administrations, respectively.

[Yoon Seok-yeol/President-elect: I decided that he was the right person to draw a sketch of the establishment of a rational labor-management relationship.]

President-elect Yoon visited the Korea Federation of Trade Unions and discussed current issues such as the minimum wage and flexible working hours. This is my first time meeting with the labor community.

Jung Hwang-geun, former head of the Rural Development Administration, was selected as the candidate for the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

Candidate Jeong served as the director of the Rural Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Secretary for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs at the Blue House.

President-elect Yoon explained that he is the right person to not only solve rural issues, but also foster future industries.

An analysis of 18 candidates for the State Council showed that the average age was 59.9 years, and there were only 3 women, 16.6%.

In connection with the relocation of the presidential office in Yongsan, the Democratic Party criticized the cabinet as a 'Namyeong-dong' cabinet centered on male, Yeungnam, and Seoul National University alumni.