Park Soon-ae
{{Short description|South Korean policy analyst (born 1965)}}
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| office = Minister of Education
| president = Yoon Suk-yeol
| primeminister = Han Duck-soo
| termstart = 5 July 2022
| termend = 8 August 2022
| predecessor = Yoo Eun-hae
| successor = Lee Ju-ho
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Park Soon-ae ({{Korean|hangul=박순애}}; born 21 April 1965) is a South Korean former Education Minister who served under President Yoon Suk-yeol for in July 2022 to August 2022.
Minister of Education
As of May 2022, there were only three women among the State Councilors of the Yoon Suk Yeol government and only two women among the vice-ministerial level officials. This was criticised as a lack of women's representation in the government.{{cite web |date=22 May 2022 |title=尹 "여성, 장관 직전 위치까지 못 올라와" 답변도 논란 |url=https://www.pressian.com/pages/articles/2022052214352518193 |access-date=22 May 2022 |publisher=Pressian |language=ko |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404155855/https://www.pressian.com/pages/articles/2022052214352518193?utm_source=naver&utm_medium=search |url-status=live}} In response to these criticisms, Yoon appointed Park Soon-ae as the Minister of Education and Kim Seung-hee as the Minister of Welfare, increasing the ratio of female-to-male ministers in the cabinet to 30%.{{cite news |url=https://www.ajunews.com/view/20220526154053611 |script-title=ko:'교육 박순애·복지 김승희·식약처 오유경'...尹 내각 女비율 단숨에 30% 근접 |trans-title='Park Soon-ae to Education, Kim Seung-hee to Welfare, Oh Yoo-kyung to Ministry of Food and Drug Safety': ratio of women in Yoon cabinet approaches 30% |newspaper=Aju Business Daily |date=26 May 2022 |access-date=16 September 2022 |archive-date=16 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220916024258/https://www.ajunews.com/view/20220526154053611 |url-status=live}}
Park Soon-ae resigned on 5 August, just 34 days into her tenure; Yoon's approval rating had fallen from 30% to 24%, largely due to public backlash against Park's school reform plans.{{cite news |url=https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/1054103.html |last=Kim |first=Mi-na |title=Education minister resigns 34 days into term as Yoon's approval rating dwindles |newspaper=The Hankyoreh |date=9 August 2022 |access-date=16 September 2022 |archive-date=16 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220916024307/https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/1054103.html |url-status=live}}
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Category:21st-century South Korean women politicians
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