President Yoon Suk Yeol is likely to name five-term ruling party lawmaker Chung Jin-suk as his new chief of staff, sources said Monday.
Chung of the People Power Party (PPP) is known to be close to the president and equipped with the necessary political expertise, having worked as senior presidential secretary for political affairs for former President Lee Myung-bak.
Yoon is expected to name Chung as early as Monday, according to sources at the presidential office and in the ruling bloc. Yoon recently met Chung and offered him the position, they said.
Chung would replace Lee Kwan-sup, who has submitted his resignation along with Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and most senior presidential secretaries to take responsibility for the PPP’s crushing defeat in the April 10 parliamentary elections.
Source: Yonhap News Agency