South Korean President Overhauls Cabinet Ahead of Election
- Yoon hasn’t signaled anything forthcoming policy changes
- Half of new nominees are women in largely male cabinet
Yoon Suk Yeol
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is replacing about a third of his cabinet ministers in the biggest government shakeup of his tenure, hoping to boost support for his conservative party ahead of April parliamentary elections.
Yoon has named new ministers for finance, agriculture, land, oceans, small and medium enterprises and veterans affairs, his chief of staff Kim Dae-ki told reporters in a briefing Monday. The six candidates face parliamentary hearings for confirmation but the president has the power to appoint them even if lawmakers in the body dominated by the progressive opposition vote them down.