Lee Dong-phil

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Lee Dong-phil
이동필
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Assumed office
March 23, 2013
President Park Geun-hye
Preceded by Suh Kyu-yong
Personal details
Born (1955-08-29) 29 August 1955 (age 68)
Uiseong County, North Gyeongsang Province, Korea
Nationality South Korean
Lee Dong-phil
Hangul 이동필
Hanja
Revised Romanization I Dong-pil
McCune–Reischauer I Tongp'il

Lee Dong-phil is a South Korean politician who, as of April 2014, serves as Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.[1]

Education

  • March 1971 – February 1974: Graduated from Daegeon High School
  • March 1974 – February 1978: Bachelor's Degree in Livestock Management, Yeungnam University
  • March 1979 – August 1981: Master's Degree in Economics, Seoul National University
  • January 1988 – December 1991: Doctoral Degree in Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri, United States

Major career

  • March 2013–present: Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
  • October 2011 – March 2013: President of the Korea Rural Economic Institute
  • June 1980 – March 2013: Korea Rural Economic Institute
  • August 1998 – February 2000: Korea Rural Economic Institute (dispatched to the Regulatory Reform Committee)
  • April 2006 – April 2012: Commissioner of the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Regulatory Audit Committee
  • June 2008 – December 2009: Subcommittee member of the Special Commission on Agriculture, Fisheries, and Rural Policies
  • October 2008 – July 2011: Member of the Presidential Committee on Regional Development, Regional Development Expert Committee
  • October 2011 – January 2013: Member of the Commission on Regional Development of Rural Areas and Life Quality Enhancement for Farmers and Fishermen
  • November 2011 – January 2013: Member of the Central Agricultural, Fisheries, Rural and Food Industries Policy Council

Awards

  • April 1999: Civil Merit Medal
  • July 2011: Order of Civil Merit, Camellia Medal

References

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Preceded by
Suh Kyu-yong
First Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
March 23, 2013 –
Succeeded by
Incumbent