Kim Dong-yeon

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Kim Dong-yeon

| native_name = {{nobold|김동연}}

| image = Kim Dong-yeon 20250324.jpg

| caption = Kim in 2025

| office = Governor of Gyeonggi Province

| term_start = 1 July 2022

| predecessor = Lee Jae-myung (2021)

| office1 = Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Economy and Finance

| term_start1 = 9 June 2017

| term_end1 = 10 December 2018

| primeminister1 = Lee Nak-yeon

| predecessor1 = Yoo Il-ho

| successor1 = Hong Nam-ki

| office2 = Minister for Government Policy Coordination

| term_start2 = 25 March 2013

| term_end2 = 22 July 2014

| primeminister2 = Chung Hong-won

| predecessor2 = Lim Jong-ryong

| successor2 = Choo Kyung-ho

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|1|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Eumseong, South Korea

| party = Democratic

| otherparty = New Wave (2021–2022)
Independent (until 2021)

| signature = Kim Dong-yeon Signature.svg

| module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto|child=yes

| hangul = %김동연

| hanja = 金東兗

}}

| education = Kookjae University (LLB)
Seoul National University (MPA)
University of Michigan (MPP, PhD)

}}

Kim Dong-yeon ({{Korean|hangul=김동연}}; born 28 January 1957) is a South Korean politician who has served as the 36th governor of Gyeonggi Province since 2022. He previously served as the 4th minister of economy and finance and deputy prime minister from 2017 to 2018.{{cite web|title=MINISTER ABOUT MOSF - Minister's Biography|url=http://english.mosf.go.kr/co/selectAboutMosf.do?boardCd=C0001|website=english.mosf.go.kr|publisher=Ministry of Strategy and Finance|accessdate=9 February 2018|language=en}}

Early life

Kim was born on January 28, 1957, in Eumseong, Chungcheongbuk-do.{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Dong-woo |date=August 20, 2021 |title=Ex-Finance Minister Kim announces presidential bid as independent |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210820005300315 |work=Yonhap |location=Eumseong |access-date=}} After completion of high school, he worked as a banker at Seoul Trust Bank (which is now Hana Bank) while completing his undergraduate degree in law at the evening school of Kookjae University.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:신임 경제부총리 후보자 김동연은 누구…이명박 정부 금융위기 극복 도운 일등공신|url=https://m.sedaily.com/NewsView/1OG0C4KGRB/GE0101|date=2017-05-21|website=The Seoul Economic Daily|language=ko|access-date=2020-05-01}}

He spent most of his time in government at Ministry of Economy and Finance and its preceding agencies where he began and ended his career in public service at.

In 1982 he passed the state exams for both legal affairs and administration and began working as a working-level administrator at its preceding agency. He took numerous economy and budgeting related roles in government ministries, Office of the President and presidential transition team.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:[프로필] 김동연 경제부총리 겸 기획재정부 장관 내정자|url=https://biz.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2017/05/21/2017052100663.html|date=2017-05-21|website=ChosunBiz|language=ko|access-date=2020-05-01}}

He was recruited by three consecutive presidents. He was Lee Myung-bak's second vice finance minister and Park Geun-hye's minister for government policy coordination. Before being promoted to Moon Jae-in's first finance minister, he was the 15th president of Ajou University for two years.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:부총리 내정돼 학교 떠나는 김동연 전 총장…대학생들 반응 보니|url=https://news.joins.com/article/21640469|date=2017-06-06|website=JoongAng Ilbo|language=ko|access-date=2020-05-01}}

Kim holds four degrees: a bachelor's degree in law from Kookjae University, two master's degrees in administration from Seoul National University and the University of Michigan and a doctorate in administration from the University of Michigan.{{Cite web |title=24th International Conference on The Future of Asia {{!}} Keeping Asia open - how to achieve prosperity and stability |url=https://futureofasia.net/asia2018/eng/speaker22.html |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=futureofasia.net}}{{Cite web |title=Kim Dong Yeon {{!}} Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy |url=https://fordschool.umich.edu/tags/kim-dong-yeon |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=fordschool.umich.edu |language=en}}

Political career

In August 2021, Kim announced that he would run for the 2022 South Korean presidential election. He became a candidate as an independent initially and then formed his own Party, the New Wave.{{Cite web|url=https://biz.chosun.com/policy/politics/2021/10/24/VNTWA4Y7YVE7RJD7P42ABZIT2M/|script-title=ko:'새로운물결' 창당 선언한 김동연 "별칭은 '오징어당'…정치 바꾸겠다"|date = 24 October 2021}} Kim withdrew his presidential candidacy in March 2022 after reaching an agreement with the ruling Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung on policy coalitions and joint government operations.{{cite news |author= |date=March 1, 2022 |title=Lee on course to merge campaigns with minor presidential candidate Kim |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20220301004800315 |work=Yonhap News Agency |location=Seoul |access-date=}}{{cite news |last=Kim |first=Sarah |date=March 2, 2022 |title=Kim Dong-yeon drops out of race, backs DP's Lee Jae-myung |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2022/03/02/national/2022presidential/Lee-Jaemyung-Kim-Dongyeon-Democratic-Party/20220302165306973.html |work=Korea Joongang Daily |location= |access-date=}}

In June 2022, he was elected as the 36th governor of Gyeonggi Province during the 2022 South Korean local elections by a very narrow margin of 0.15%.{{cite news |last= Kim-Yun |first=Na-yeong |date=June 2, 2022 |title=Kim Dong-yeon Makes a Dramatic Comeback to Win the Race at the Last Minute: From a Rookie from the "Third Zone" to a Political Heavyweight in the Democratic Party |url=http://english.khan.co.kr/khan_art_view.html?artid=202206021652007&code=710100 |work=The Kyunghyang Shinmun |location= |access-date=}} In April 2025, he declared his candidacy for the 2025 South Korean presidential election.{{Cite news |date=9 April 2025 |last=Yoo |first=Cheong-mo |title=Gyeonggi governor declares presidential bid |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20250409005600315 |access-date=9 April 2025 |work=Yonhap News Agency |language=en }} He ultimately finished second in the primary to Lee Jae-myung.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-28 |title=Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon, who participated in the 21st presidential election in the .. |url=https://www.mk.co.kr/en/politics/11303496 |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Maeil Business Newspaper |language=en}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=Non–Korean language versions of this website use automatic machine translation; see WP:KO/RS|date=May 2025}} Later that day, Kim stated on Facebook: "I extend my gratitude to candidates Lee Jae-myung and Kim Kyeong-soo. It was an honor to compete beautifully together."{{Cite web |last=CHOSUNBIZ |date=2025-04-27 |title=Kim Dong-yeon pledges to pursue regime change as Kim Kyeong-soo accepts results |url=https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-policy/2025/04/27/2PB3LOXHX5D6BMU4NN737KUANE/ |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=ChosunBiz |language=en}}

Electoral history

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| title = 2022 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Kim Dong-yeon

| party = Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)

| votes = 2,827,593

| percentage = 49.07

}}