# Chief of Staff to the President (South Korea)

The Chief of Staff to the President (Korean: 대통령비서실장; Hanja: 大統領秘書室長), or Chief Presidential Secretary, is the highest-ranking employee of the Blue House and serves as chief of staff to the President of South Korea. The chief presidential secretary is traditionally one of the first officials appointed by an incoming president. Former President Moon Jae-in was a former chief of staff.

## List of chiefs of staff

| No. | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | President |
| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | President |
| 1 | Lee Ki-poong | 15 April 1948 | October 1948 | Unknown | Syngman Rhee |
| 2 | Kim Yang-cheon | October 1948 | 1 June 1949 | Unknown | Syngman Rhee |
| 3 | Ko Jae-bong | 1 June 1949 | 1953 | Unknown | Syngman Rhee |
| 4 | Yoo Chang-joon | 1953 | 26 April 1960 | Unknown | Syngman Rhee |
| 5 | Chang Il-gang | 26 April 1960 | 12 August 1960 | 108 days | Heo Jeong (acting) |
| 6 | Kim Joon-ha [ko] | 18 August 1960 | 20 October 1960 | 63 days | Yun Bo-seon |
| 7 | Lee Jae-hang [ko] | 21 October 1960 | 6 April 1962 | 1 year, 167 days | Yun Bo-seon |
| 8 | Lee Dong-won [ko] | 6 April 1962 | 6 December 1963 | 1 year, 244 days | Park Chung Hee (acting) |
| 9 | Lee Hu-rak | 10 December 1963 | 21 October 1969 | 5 years, 315 days | Park Chung Hee |
| 10 | Kim Chung-yum | 21 October 1969 | 22 December 1978 | 9 years, 62 days | Park Chung Hee |
| 11 | Kim Gye-won [ko] | 22 December 1978 | 30 October 1979 | 312 days | Park Chung Hee |
| 12 | Choi Kwang-soo [ko] | 7 November 1979 | 27 August 1980 | 294 days | Choi Kyu-hah |
| 13 | Kim Kyung-won [ko] | 27 August 1980 | 30 December 1981 | 1 year, 125 days | Chun Doo-hwan |
| 14 | Lee Beom-seok | 3 January 1982 | 2 June 1982 | 150 days | Chun Doo-hwan |
| 15 | Ham Byung-chun [ko] | 6 June 1982 | 9 October 1983 | 1 year, 125 days | Chun Doo-hwan |
| 16 | Kang Kyung-shik [ko] | 15 October 1983 | 21 January 1985 | 1 year, 98 days | Chun Doo-hwan |
| 17 | Lee Kyu-ho [ko] | 21 January 1985 | 14 October 1985 | 266 days | Chun Doo-hwan |
| 18 | Park Young-soo [ko] | 15 October 1985 | 19 July 1987 | 1 year, 277 days | Chun Doo-hwan |
| 19 | Kim Yun-hwan [ko] | 20 July 1987 | 24 February 1988 | 219 days | Chun Doo-hwan |
| 20 | Hong Sung-cheol [ko] | 25 February 1988 | 17 March 1990 | 2 years, 20 days | Roh Tae-woo |
| 21 | Ro Jai-bong | 17 March 1990 | 27 December 1990 | 285 days | Roh Tae-woo |
| 22 | Jeong Hae-chang [ko] | 27 December 1990 | 24 February 1993 | 2 years, 59 days | Roh Tae-woo |
| 23 | Park Kwan-yong [ko] | 25 February 1993 | 23 December 1994 | 1 year, 301 days | Kim Young-sam |
| 24 | Han Seung-soo | 23 December 1994 | 21 December 1995 | 363 days | Kim Young-sam |
| 25 | Kim Kwang-il [ko] | 21 December 1995 | 28 February 1997 | 1 year, 69 days | Kim Young-sam |
| 26 | Kim Yong-tae [ko] | 28 February 1997 | 24 February 1998 | 361 days | Kim Young-sam |
| 27 | Kim Joong-kwon [ko] | 25 February 1998 | 23 November 1999 | 1 year, 271 days | Kim Dae-jung |
| 28 | Han Kwang-ok [ko] | 23 November 1999 | 10 September 2001 | 1 year, 291 days | Kim Dae-jung |
| 29 | Lee Sang-joo [ko] | 10 September 2001 | 29 January 2002 | 141 days | Kim Dae-jung |
| 30 | Jeon Yun-churl [ko] | 29 January 2002 | 15 April 2002 | 76 days | Kim Dae-jung |
| 31 | Park Jie-won | 15 April 2002 | 24 February 2003 | 315 days | Kim Dae-jung |
| 32 | Moon Hee-sang | 25 February 2003 | 13 July 2004 | 1 year, 139 days | Roh Moo-hyun |
| 33 | Kim Woo-shik [ko] | 13 July 2004 | 19 August 2005 | 1 year, 37 days | Roh Moo-hyun |
| 34 | Lee Byung-wan [ko] | 25 August 2005 | 9 March 2007 | 1 year, 196 days | Roh Moo-hyun |
| 35 | Moon Jae-in | 12 March 2007 | 24 February 2008 | 349 days | Roh Moo-hyun |
| 36 | Yu Woo-ik [ko] | 25 February 2008 | 10 June 2008 | 106 days | Lee Myung-bak |
| 37 | Jeong Jeong-gil [ko] | 20 June 2008 | 3 June 2010 | 1 year, 348 days | Lee Myung-bak |
| 38 | Yim Tae-hee | 16 July 2010 | 30 November 2011 | 1 year, 137 days | Lee Myung-bak |
| 39 | Ha Geum-yeol [ko] | 12 December 2011 | 24 February 2013 | 1 year, 74 days | Lee Myung-bak |
| 40 | Heo Tae-yeol [ko] | 25 February 2013 | 4 August 2013 | 160 days | Park Geun-hye |
| 41 | Kim Ki-chun [ko] | 5 August 2013 | 22 February 2015 | 1 year, 201 days | Park Geun-hye |
| 42 | Lee Byung-ki [ko] | 1 March 2015 | 15 May 2016 | 1 year, 75 days | Park Geun-hye |
| 43 | Lee Won-jong [ko] | 16 May 2016 | 30 October 2016 | 167 days | Park Geun-hye |
| (28) | Han Kwang-ok [ko] | 3 November 2016 | 9 May 2017 | 187 days | Park Geun-hye |
| 44 | Im Jong-seok | 10 May 2017 | 8 January 2019 | 1 year, 243 days | Moon Jae-in |
| 45 | Noh Young-min | 9 January 2019 | 31 December 2020 | 1 year, 357 days | Moon Jae-in |
| 46 | You Young-min | 1 January 2021 | 9 May 2022 | 1 year, 128 days | Moon Jae-in |
| 47 | Kim Dae-ki | 10 May 2022 | 31 December 2023 | 1 year, 235 days | Yoon Suk Yeol |
| 48 | Lee Kwan-sub | 1 January 2024 | 22 April 2024 | 112 days | Yoon Suk Yeol |
| 49 | Chung Jin-suk | 22 April 2024 | incumbent | 291 days | Yoon Suk Yeol |