[Personnel] Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Effective July 1, 2026)

[Personnel] Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Effective July 1, 2026)
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs carried out personnel appointments at the director-general and division director levels effective July 1, 2026. This round of appointments includes the reinstatement of a senior civil servant returning to active duty after employment leave, as well as transfers to key posts. The detailed personnel appointments are as follows.

■ Reinstatement at director-general level
Director-General for International Cooperation in Agriculture and Food, Senior Civil Servant Park Sang-ho (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs · employment leave)

■ Transfers at director-general level
President of the Agricultural and Food Human Resources Development Institute, Senior Civil Servant Jeong Yong-ho (Director-General for International Cooperation in Agriculture and Food)

■ Transfers at division director level
Director of Audit, Office of Audit and Inspection, Senior Science and Technology Administrator Kim Dong-hwan (Director of Information Statistics Policy)
Head of the National Food Cluster Promotion Team, Office of Agricultural Industry Innovation Policy, Administrative Officer Kim Jae-min (Director of Operations Support Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency)
Director of Operations Support Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Administrative Officer Choi Cheol-ho (Director of Operations Support Division, National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service)
Director of Plant Quarantine Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Administrative Officer Kang Min-su (Director of Livestock Products Sanitary Quarantine Division, Yeongnam Regional Office, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency)
Director of Plant Protection Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Senior Science and Technology Administrator Song Ji-suk (support assignment to the Research Planning Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency)
Head of the Yeongnam Regional Office, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Deputy Director-General Noh Young-ho (Head of the Central Regional Office, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency)
Director of Livestock Products Sanitary Quarantine Division, Yeongnam Regional Office, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Administrative Officer Kim Sang-don (Director of Plant Quarantine Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency)
Head of the Central Regional Office, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Deputy Director-General Song Tae-bok (Head of the Yeongnam Regional Office, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency)
Head of the Seoul Regional Office, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Senior Science and Technology Administrator Lee Deuk-sin (Head of the Honam Regional Office, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency)
Director of Operations Support Division, National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service, Deputy Director-General Nam Hyun-su (Director of Audit)

■ Reinstatement, leave, and term extension at division director level
Head of the Honam Regional Office, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Deputy Director-General Yoon Gwang-il (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs · employment leave)
Childcare leave, Administrative Officer Kim Bo-ram (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs · overseas accompanying leave / period: 2026.07.01.~2026.12.31.)
Director of Risk Assessment Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Senior Science and Technology Administrator Kim Jun-geol (term extended / period: 2026.07.01.~2027.06.30.)