Jeon Ji-hyun (photo), Inspector General at the Busan Regional Tax Office, was promoted to senior civil servant on the 30th in a National Tax Service personnel announcement. It is the first case at the National Tax Service in which a woman was promoted internally to become a senior civil servant.
The National Tax Service said it would carry out personnel moves that promote four deputy directors to senior rank level B (Grade 2) that day. Since the agency was established in 1966, the only female Director General was Im Su-kyung, former National Tax Service information management chief, in 2009. Im, the former Director General, came from outside through an open recruitment post.
Jeon, the Inspector General, became the first woman internally promoted to senior civil servant at the National Tax Service. Jeon entered public service in 2003 through the 46th higher civil service exam and served as National Tax Service taxpayer advocate, information planning officer, income tax division chief, Hometax 1 officer, and Busan office Inspector General.
While serving as Busan office Inspector General, Jeon was credited with helping close tax blind spots by identifying atypical tax evasion patterns as planning and inspection tasks. After the promotion, Jeon will receive training at the National Human Resources Development Institute.
Meanwhile, Osang-hyu, director general of Investigation 2 at the Jungbu office, Kang Sang-sik, Jungbu office Inspector General, and Kim Dae-il, director general of Investigation 2 at the Busan office, were also promoted to senior rank level B.