(LEAD) Lee nominates head of defense procurement agency as new justice minister

Yonhap News Agency · Park Boram · 2026-11-06 07:11 UTC

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung has nominated Lee Yong-cheol, ...

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SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung has nominated Lee Yong-cheol, the incumbent chief of the defense procurement agency, as new justice minister, his chief of staff said Friday.

Lee also nominated Ahn Duk-su, currently chief of the National Tax Service's Seoul office, as the agency's new head and named Choi In-ho, president of the Korea Housing & Urban Guarantee Corp., as his secretary for political affairs, presidential chief of staff Lim Kwang-hyun told a press briefing.

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