Choi Kyo-jin
Choi Gyo-jin | |
|---|---|
최교진 | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education | |
Nominee | |
| Assuming office TBD | |
| President | Lee Jae Myung |
| Prime Minister | Kim Min-seok |
| Succeeding | Lee Ju-ho |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 November 1953 Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea |
| Education | Kongju National University |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 최교진 |
| RR | Choe Gyojin |
| MR | Ch'oe Kyojin |
Choi Kyo-jin (Korean: 최교진; born 24 November 1953)[1] is a South Korean politician and educator who is President Lee Jae Myung's current nominee for minister of education and deputy prime minister of South Korea.[2][3] He has served as the superintendent of education of Sejong Special Self-Governing City since 2022.[4]
Choi was born in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province. He graduated from Kongju National University and subsequently embarked on a teaching career. In the 1990s, Choi was the head and senior vice-chairman of the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union's Chungcheongnam-do branch. He was elected Sejong City Superintendent of Education in 2014 and was reelected twice.[5]
References
- ^ 기자, 권순재 (9 April 2014). "[세종시]최교진 세종교육감 예비후보, 이범 교육평론가 자문위원 선임". 경향신문 (in Korean). Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ CHOSUNBIZ (13 August 2025). "Cho Kyo-jin appointed as South Korea's education minister, promoting progressive reform". CHOSUNBIZ. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ 조선일보 (14 August 2025). ""10·26은 탕탕절" 최교진 교육장관 후보 글 논란". 조선일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ 신소윤,이우연 (13 August 2025). "40년 '교육개혁' 최교진, 전교조 출신 첫 교육장관 후보자". 한겨레 (in Korean). Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ 기자, 김원진 (13 August 2025). "세 차례 해직, 세 차례 교육감···최교진 교육부장관 내정에 담긴 뜻은?". 경향신문 (in Korean). Retrieved 15 August 2025.