▲ Prime Minister Kim Bu-gyeom
On the afternoon of the 11th, Prime Minister Kim Bu-gyeom will propose to appoint seven candidates for the next government member of the State Council, including Choo Kyung-ho, the Minister of Strategy and Finance for whom the hearing report has been adopted.
Prime Minister Kim is scheduled to hold his resignation ceremony on the morning of the 12th after the proposal for appointment as a member of the State Council.
An official from the Prime Minister's Office said, "Prime Minister Kim has decided to propose appointments to candidates whose hearings and reports have been adopted after a personnel hearing at the National Assembly."
It is known that President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol plans to hold an extraordinary cabinet meeting on the 12th or 13th to decide the second supplementary budget bill when the new government is inaugurated tomorrow (10th).
Prime Minister Kim Bu-gyeom is scheduled to hold his retirement ceremony on the morning of the 12th, so he will not attend the new government's cabinet meeting.
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