Kim Eun-kyung | |
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김은경 | |
Minister of Environment | |
In office 4 July 2017 – 9 November 2018 | |
President | Moon Jae-in |
Prime Minister | Lee Nak-yeon |
Preceded by | Cho Kyeong-gyu |
Succeeded by | Cho Myung-rae |
Personal details | |
Born | Seoul, South Korea | 9 June 1956
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater |
Korea University University of Seoul |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 김은경 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gim Eun-gyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Ŭnkyŏng |
Kim Eun-kyung ( Korean: 김은경; Hanja: 金恩京; born 9 June 1956) is a South Korean politician who served as President Moon Jae-in's first Minister of Environment. [1] She was later jailed for two years and sixth months for abuse of power during her term as environment minister. [2]
Kim was previously widely known to the public as "Ms. Phenol" due to her activism as a citizen representative during 1991 Nakdong River phenol contamination incident. [3]
She first started public service in 1995 when she was elected as Nowon District Council member. On 1998, she was elected as a Seoul Metropolitan Council member. After losing her re-election in 2002, she joined then-candidate Roh Moo-hyun's presidential campaign as his special advisor on environment. She continued working with Roh at his transition team and Blue House until the end of his presidency in 2006. [4]
Kim served as the environment minister from July 2017 to November 2018. In January 2018, the Environment Ministry created a blacklist of 24 public servants associated with the previous Park Geun-hye administration. Kim pressured 15 executives of state-run companies to step down and be replaced by loyalists to the Moon administration. 13 of 24 individuals on the list resigned due to government pressure. [2]
On February 9, 2021, the Seoul Central District Court sentenced Kim Eun-kyung to 2 years and six months of prison for the environment ministry blacklist case. The court also ordered her to be immediately jailed to prevent the possible destruction of evidence. [2] [5]
She holds three degrees - a bachelor and doctorate in management from Korea University and a master's in urban administration from University of Seoul. [6]
Kim Eun-kyung | |
---|---|
김은경 | |
Minister of Environment | |
In office 4 July 2017 – 9 November 2018 | |
President | Moon Jae-in |
Prime Minister | Lee Nak-yeon |
Preceded by | Cho Kyeong-gyu |
Succeeded by | Cho Myung-rae |
Personal details | |
Born | Seoul, South Korea | 9 June 1956
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater |
Korea University University of Seoul |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 김은경 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gim Eun-gyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Ŭnkyŏng |
Kim Eun-kyung ( Korean: 김은경; Hanja: 金恩京; born 9 June 1956) is a South Korean politician who served as President Moon Jae-in's first Minister of Environment. [1] She was later jailed for two years and sixth months for abuse of power during her term as environment minister. [2]
Kim was previously widely known to the public as "Ms. Phenol" due to her activism as a citizen representative during 1991 Nakdong River phenol contamination incident. [3]
She first started public service in 1995 when she was elected as Nowon District Council member. On 1998, she was elected as a Seoul Metropolitan Council member. After losing her re-election in 2002, she joined then-candidate Roh Moo-hyun's presidential campaign as his special advisor on environment. She continued working with Roh at his transition team and Blue House until the end of his presidency in 2006. [4]
Kim served as the environment minister from July 2017 to November 2018. In January 2018, the Environment Ministry created a blacklist of 24 public servants associated with the previous Park Geun-hye administration. Kim pressured 15 executives of state-run companies to step down and be replaced by loyalists to the Moon administration. 13 of 24 individuals on the list resigned due to government pressure. [2]
On February 9, 2021, the Seoul Central District Court sentenced Kim Eun-kyung to 2 years and six months of prison for the environment ministry blacklist case. The court also ordered her to be immediately jailed to prevent the possible destruction of evidence. [2] [5]
She holds three degrees - a bachelor and doctorate in management from Korea University and a master's in urban administration from University of Seoul. [6]