Sung Yun-mo

South Korean politician

Sung Yun-mo
성윤모

Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 September 2018
President	Moon Jae-in
Prime Minister	Lee Nak-yeon Chung Sye-kyun
Preceded by	Paik Un-gyu
Succeeded by	Moon Sung-wook
Commissioner of Korean Intellectual Property Office
In office 26 July 2017 – 21 September 2019
President	Moon Jae-in
Prime Minister	Lee Nak-yeon
Succeeded by	Park Won-joo
Personal details
Born	(1963年06月27日) 27 June 1963 (age 61) Daejeon, South Korea
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Seoul National University University of Missouri

In this Korean name, the family name is Sung .

Sung Yun-mo (Korean: 성윤모; Hanja: 成允模; born 27 June 1963) is a South Korean politician previously served as the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy under President Moon Jae-in from 2018 to 2021.

Before promoted to Minister, he was President Moon's first Commissioner of Korean Intellectual Property Office - a vice-ministerial post. He was previously spokesperson of the Ministry and Deputy Minister of Economic Policy Coordination at Office for Government Policy Coordination under preceding president Park Geun-hye.^[1]

After passing the state exam in 1988, he has built his career solely in public service. He worked at numerous industry-related departments including now-Ministry of Economy and Finance, now-Ministry of SMEs and Startups, and Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.^[2]

Sung holds three degrees - a bachelor in economics and master's in policy studies from Seoul National University and a doctorate in economics from University of Missouri.^[3]

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