An Kyung-duk

{{Short description|South Korean politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Minister of Employment and Labour An Kyung-duk taking a commemorative photo with the Speaker of the National Assembly.jpg

| caption =

| name = An Kyung-duk

| native_name = {{nobold|안경덕}}

| native_name_lang = ko

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1963}}

| birth_place = Hongcheon, Gangwon Province, South Korea

| office1 = Minister of Employment and Labour

| president1 = Moon Jae-in

| term_start1 = 7 May 2021

| term_end1 = 9 May 2022

| predecessor1 = Lee Jae-gap

| successor1 =

| office2 = Standing Member of the Economic, Social and Labour Council

| term_start2 = 20 September 2019

| term_end2 = 6 May 2021

| predecessor2 = Park Tae-joo

| successor2 =

| party = Independent

| otherparty =

| alma_mater = Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

| occupation = Government official

| children = 2

| parents = An Jang-hwan (father)

| primeminister1 = Chung Sye-kyun
Kim Boo-kyum

}}

An Kyung-duk, also spelled Ahn Kyeong-deok ({{Korean|hangul=안경덕}}, born 1963) is a South Korean government official and former Minister of Employment and Labour served under President Moon Jae-in from 2021 to 2022.

Born in Hongcheon as a son of An Jang-hwan (died in 2019),{{cite news |date= 21 November 2019|script-title=ko:[부음]안경덕 경세사회노동위원회 상임위원(차관) 부친상|url= http://www.kado.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=998014|access-date= 16 April 2021}} An attended Chuncheon High School and studied political diplomacy at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.{{cite news |date= 16 April 2021|script-title=ko:고용노동부 장관 후보자, 안경덕은 누구?|url= https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/A2021041613520004245|access-date= 16 April 2021}}{{cite news |date= 16 April 2021|script-title=ko:[프로필] 안경덕 신임 고용노동부 장관 후보자|url= https://www.newspim.com/news/view/20210416000628|access-date= 16 April 2021}}{{cite news |date= 16 April 2021|script-title=ko:고용노동부 장관 내정자 안경덕…노사관계 전문 정통 관료|url= https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20210416106600530|access-date= 16 April 2021}}{{cite news |date= 30 September 2019|script-title=ko:안경덕 고용노동부 기획조정실장|url= http://www.kado.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=989716|access-date= 16 April 2021}} After qualifying for the Public Administration Examination in 1989, he has been working at the Minister of Employment and Labour, where he served various positions, including the Assistant Minister for Planning and Coordination. He briefly left the ministry for 9 months under the Lee Myung-bak government after being appointed the senior administrator at the Office of the President.

On 20 September 2019, An became the Standing Member of the Economic, Social and Labour Council; the position is equivalent to a deputy minister.{{cite news |date= 20 September 2019|script-title=ko:경사노위 2기 위원 위촉…상임위원에 안경덕|url= https://www.hankyung.com/economy/article/2019092038081|access-date= 16 April 2021}} As the Standing Member, he led a tripartite agreement between labour, management and government to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic in July 2020.

On 16 April 2021, An was nominated the new Minister of Employment and Labour, replacing the incumbent Lee Jae-gap. His nomination was welcomed by the Federation of Korean Trade Unions. He was officially appointed on 6 May, and took an oath a day later.{{cite news |date= 6 May 2021|script-title=ko:문대통령, 문승욱 산업장관·안경덕 노동장관 임명(종합)|url= https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20210506078851001?input=1195m|access-date= 6 May 2021}}

He is married and has 2 children.