The Construction Association of Korea said on the 2nd that it will appoint former Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Housing and Land Office Director Kwon Hyuk-jin as full-time vice chairman effective Apr. 6.
The new full-time Vice Chairman Kwon graduated from the Department of Economics at Yonsei University and passed the 39th Higher Civil Service Examination, joining the Ministry of Construction and Transportation, the predecessor of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT), in 1996 as a Deputy Director. In the Housing and Land Office, which oversees dwellings policy, Kwon served as head of the Housing Construction Supply Division, head of the Housing Policy Division, and director of the Housing and Land Office, and also served as director-general for Urban Policy, director-general for Construction Policy, and head of the Seoul Regional Office of Aviation. Kwon also worked in the Presidential Office.