Shin Jee-yeon (Korean: 신지연; Hanja: 辛志娟; born 17 September 1967) is a South Korean lawyer who served as the private secretary (Korean: 제1부속비서관[1]) to the President Moon Jae-in at the Office of the President. She is the first woman to become the private secretary to the South Korean president[2] and the first person to have served as private secretary to both the president and their spouse.
Shin Jee-yeon | |
|---|---|
| 신지연 | |
| Private Secretary to the President | |
| In office 24 August 2019 – 9 May 2022 | |
| President | Moon Jae-in |
| Preceded by | Cho Han-ki |
| Private Secretary to the First Lady | |
| In office 9 January 2019 – 23 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Yoo Song-hwa |
| Succeeded by | Choi Sang-yeong |
| Secretary to the President for Foreign Press | |
| In office 24 May 2017 – 8 January 2019 | |
| President | Moon Jae-in |
| Succeeded by | Kim Ae-kyung |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 September 1967 |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan New York Law School |
Shin was the deputy spokesperson for foreign press at Moon's first presidential campaign in 2012[3] which she joined after working for major law firms - Kim & Chang and Bae, Kim & Lee - and Samsung Engineering.[4] She joined Moon's campaign again in 2017 as his coordinator for personal image.[5] She was foreign press secretary in the beginning of President Moon's term but later reshuffled to private secretary to first lady Kim Jung-sook and now President Moon.[6]
She holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from New York Law School in June 1998.[4][7]
References edit
- ^ "'It's actually a system where Choi Sun-sil tells the President what to do'". The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
- ^ "靑 제1부속비서관 신지연… 여성 첫 임명". The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 2019-08-24. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
- ^ 아리랑TV [AFTER10] 문재인 캠프 외신담당 신지연 부대변인(2012.12.14), retrieved 2020-04-22
- ^ a b "[프로필]신지연 靑 제2부속비서관 - 머니투데이 뉴스". news.mt.co.kr (in Korean). 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
- ^ "김외숙·신지연·고민정···청와대 여성비서관 전성시대". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 2019-08-24. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
- ^ "文대통령 총선용 비서관 인사…제1부속 신지연·정무 김광진". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 2019-08-23. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
- ^ 106th Commencement. New York Law School. 1998-06-08. p. 17. Retrieved 2021-11-03.