Kim Dong-yeon

Kim Dong-yeon (Korean: 김동연; Hanja: 金東兗; born 28 January 1957) was President Moon Jae-in's first Minister of Economy and Finance and ex officio Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea,[1] until December 2018.

After finishing high school, he worked at Seoul Trust Bank (now absorbed into Hana Bank) while completing his undergraduate degree in law at the nigh school of now-Seokyeong University.[2]

He spent most of his time in government at Ministry of Economy and Finance and its preceding agencies where he began and ended his career in public service at.

In 1982 he passed the state exams for both legal affairs and administration and began working as a working-level administrator at its preceding agency. He took numerous economy and budgeting related roles in government ministries, Office of the President and presidential transition team.[3]

He was recruited by three consecutive presidents. He was Lee Myung-bak's second deputy finance minister and Park Geun-hye's minister for government policy coordination. Before promoted to Moon Jae-in's first finance minister, he was the 15th president of Ajou University for two years.[4]

Kim holds four degrees - a bachelor in law from now-Seokyeong University, two master's in administration from Seoul National University and University of Michigan and a doctorate in administration from University of Michigan.