Kim I-tak, an adjunct professor in the Department of Aviation Services at Gyeongin Women's University, was appointed first Vice Minister of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on the 28th.
Kim, the new Vice Minister, is a career official from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) with long experience and expertise across dwellings, land and urban policy. Kim is seen as the right person to steadily carry out key policies the government is pursuing, including housing stability, balanced national development and the creation of artificial intelligence (AI)-based cities.
Kang Yu-jung, Spokesperson for the presidential office, said at a briefing that day that the new Vice Minister Kim is "a career official at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) who has accumulated expertise and on-site experience over a long period across policies such as housing stability, balanced national development and the recovery of urban vitality."
Kang, the Spokesperson, added, "As head of the Urban Regeneration Project Planning Team in the past, Vice Minister Kim pushed forward the large-scale national project Urban Regeneration New Deal roadmap without setbacks, proving policy planning capability and execution—an on-the-ground expert," and said, "Based on proven expertise and drive, Kim will design real estate policies that balance public interest and market functions and will steadily lead the government's key tasks, including housing stability, AI city creation and fostering regional balanced hubs."
Kim, the new Vice Minister, was born in 1969 in Yeosu, South Jeolla, and graduated from the Department of Economics at Seoul National University. After entering public service by passing the 36th Higher Civil Service Examination, at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) Kim served in key posts including head of the Dwellings Policy Division, head of the Dwellings Maintenance Division, head of the Dwellings Construction Supply Division, Director General for Aviation Policy, head of the Urban Regeneration Project Planning Team, Director General for Policy Planning and standing commissioner of the Central Land Expropriation Committee. Kim also gained international dwellings policy experience through a secondment to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
During the Moon Jae-in administration, Kim worked as Blue House secretary for land, infrastructure and transport, overseeing dwellings policy.
More recently, Kim has been active as a special committee member for the Presidential Committee for Decentralization and Balanced Development's "5 poles and 3 special zones," and is known as someone with strong interest in balanced national development.
Based on this hands-on experience, the new Vice Minister Kim is expected to support the government's ongoing housing stability and future city policies.
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▲Born in 1969 ▲Yeosu, South Jeolla ▲Seoul Gwangseong High School ▲B.A. in economics, Seoul National University ▲Passed the 36th Higher Civil Service Examination ▲Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport dwellings and land office, head of the Dwellings Policy Division ▲Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Office of Planning and Coordination, Director General for Policy Planning ▲Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Urban Regeneration Project Planning Team, Director General ▲Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Central Land Expropriation Committee, standing commissioner ▲Currently adjunct professor, Department of Aviation Services, Gyeongin Women's University