Office of the President (South Korea)


The Office of the President assists the President of South Korea. Chief of Staff to the President is the head of the Office of the President and is a ministerial-level official. Cheong Wa Dae is sometimes used as a metonym for the Presidential Secretariat because of its location there. The Presidential Secretariat is an important part of the executive branch of the South Korean government

Members

Moon Jae-in Administration

Under the Moon Jae-in administration, the Presidential Secretariat is made up of the Chief Presidential Secretary, Chief Presidential Secretary for Policy, two Advisors to the President and eight senior presidential secretaries as well as over 400 other public servants. There are also four unpaid Special Advisors to the President.
The Chief Presidential Secretary is accompanied by the first five senior presidential secretaries listed below whereas Chief Presidential Secretary for Policy is accompanied by the remaining three.
;Senior Presidential Secretary for Political Affairs
NumberNameTook officeLeft office
1Jun Byung-hun 14 May 201719 November 2017
2Han Byung-do 28 November 20178 January 2019
3Kang Gi-jung 9 January 2019Incumbent

;Senior Presidential Secretary for Civil Affairs
NumberNameTook officeLeft office
1Cho Kuk 11 May 201726 July 2019
2Kim Jo-won 26 July 2019Incumbent

;Senior Presidential Secretary for Civil Society
;previously Senior Presidential Secretary for Social Innovation
NumberNameTook officeLeft office
1Ha Seung-chang 14 May 201726 June 2018
2Lee Yong-sun 27 June 201826 July 2019
3Kim Keo-sung 26 July 2019Incumbent

;Senior Presidential Secretary for Public Affairs
NumberNameTook officeLeft office
1Yoon Young-chan 11 May 20178 January 2019
2Yoon Do-han 9 January 2019Incumbent

;Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Management
NumberNameTook officeLeft office
1Cho Hyun-ok 11 May 201728 May 2019
2Kim Oe-sook 28 May 2019Incumbent

;Senior Presidential Secretary for Job Creation
NumberNameTook officeLeft office
1Bahn Jahng-shick 3 July 201726 June 2018
2Chung Tae-ho 27 June 201826 July 2019
3Hwang Duk-soon 26 July 2019Incumbent

;Senior Presidential Secretary for Economic Affairs
NumberNameTook officeLeft office
1Hong Jang-pyo 3 July 201726 June 2018
2Yoon Jong-won 27 June 201821 June 2019
3Lee Ho-seung 21 June 2019Incumbent

;Senior Presidential Secretary for Social Affairs
NumberNameTook officeLeft office
1Kim Su-hyun 14 May 20179 November 2018
2Kim Yun-myung 9 November 2018Incumbent

Advisor to the President for Science and Technology
NumberNameTook officeLeft office
1Mun Mi-ock June 2017December 2018
2Lee Kong-joo 19 February 201919 February 2020
3Park Su-kyung 4 May 2020Incumbent

Advisor to the President for Economic Affairs
NumberNameTook officeLeft office
1Kim Hyun-cheol 6 June 201729 January 2018
2Choo Hyung-cheol 18 March 2018Incumbent

Special Advisors to the President
AreaNameTook officeLeft office
Foreign Affairs, Diplomacy and National SecurityMoon Chung-in 21 May 2017Incumbent
Foreign Affairs, Diplomacy and National Security
and President's Special Envoy to UAE
Im Jong-seok 21 January 2019Incumbent
Foreign Affairs, Diplomacy and National SecurityChung Eui-yong 3 July 2020Incumbent
Foreign Affairs
Han Byung-do 21 January 2019Incumbent
Economy and ScienceLee Jung-dong 23 January 2019Incumbent