Cho Kyo-jin, the newly appointed Minister of Education on the 13th under Lee Jae-myung's government, is a progressive education chief from the Korean National Teachers' Union.
Born in 1953, he began his career as a teacher at Daecheon Middle School in 1981 and served as the first vice president and head of the Chungnam chapter of the Korean National Teachers' Union in 1992.
Since 2003, he has served as the chairperson of the National Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation, co-representative of the Nationwide Autonomy and Decentralization Coalition, and advisory committee member of the Presidential Committee on National Balanced Development.
He was elected as the Sejong superintendent during the 6th nationwide local elections in 2014. He was also re-elected in the 2018 and 2022 superintendent elections, achieving a third term. In 2020, he served as the president of the 8th Nationwide Association of City and Provincial Superintendents.
Additionally, Candidate Cho has been co-representative of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation's Daejeon, Sejong, and Chungnam Regional Committee since 2010.
▲Boryung (72) ▲Kyungdong High School ▲Kongju National University College of Education Korean Language Education Department ▲Buyeo Sedo Middle School Teacher ▲Advisory Committee Member of the Presidential Committee on National Balanced Development ▲Head of the Chungnam chapter of the Korean National Teachers' Union ▲Co-representative of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation Daejeon-Sejong-Chungnam Regional Committee ▲Chairman of the Nationwide Association of City and Provincial Superintendents ▲Sejong City Superintendent