Yoo Eun-hae


Yoo Eun-hae is a South Korean politician currently serving as the Minister of Education and ex officio Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea since her appointment by President Moon Jae-in in October 2018 as well as a two-term parliamentarian of ruling party. She is the first woman to serve as a Deputy Prime Minister in South Korea.
While studying at Sungkyunkwan University, she joined pro-democracy movement against authoritarian regime of then-president Chun. She has bachelor's degree in Eastern Philosophy from Sungkyunkwan University and Master's degree in public policy from Ewha Woman's University.
She first met Moon when the then-lawyer helped her family to receive benefits from her father's overwork death. She was the spokesperson of Moon's second presidential campaign in 2017.

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