Sung Yun-mo

{{Short description|South Korean politician}}

{{family name hatnote|Sung||lang=Korean}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| native_name = {{nobold|성윤모}}

| office = Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy

| termstart = 21 September 2018

| president = Moon Jae-in

| primeminister = Lee Nak-yeon
Chung Sye-kyun

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|06|27|df=y}}

| party = Independent

| predecessor = Paik Un-gyu

| successor = Moon Sung-wook

| office1 = Commissioner of Korean Intellectual Property Office

| president1 = Moon Jae-in

| primeminister1 = Lee Nak-yeon

| termstart1 = 26 July 2017

| termend1 = 21 September 2019

| birth_place = Daejeon, South Korea

| alma_mater = Seoul National University
University of Missouri

| successor1 = Park Won-joo

| image =

| termend =

}}

Sung Yun-mo ({{korean|hangul=성윤모|hanja=成允模}}; born 27 June 1963) is a South Korean politician previously served as the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy under President Moon Jae-in from 2018 to 2021.

Before promoted to Minister, he was President Moon's first Commissioner of Korean Intellectual Property Office - a vice-ministerial post. He was previously spokesperson of the Ministry and Deputy Minister of Economic Policy Coordination at Office for Government Policy Coordination under preceding president Park Geun-hye.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:산업부 장관에 성윤모 특허청장…대변인→장관 2년 6개월 초고속 승진|url=https://news.joins.com/article/22928445|date=2018-08-30|website=JoongAng Ilbo|language=ko|access-date=2020-05-02}}

After passing the state exam in 1988, he has built his career solely in public service. He worked at numerous industry-related departments including now-Ministry of Economy and Finance, now-Ministry of SMEs and Startups, and Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:[프로필]성윤모 산업부 장관 후보자…합리적 성품의 경제통|url=https://www.msn.com/ko-kr/money/topstories/%ED%94%84%EB%A1%9C%ED%95%84%EC%84%B1%EC%9C%A4%EB%AA%A8-%EC%82%B0%EC%97%85%EB%B6%80-%EC%9E%A5%EA%B4%80-%ED%9B%84%EB%B3%B4%EC%9E%90%E2%80%A6%ED%95%A9%EB%A6%AC%EC%A0%81-%EC%84%B1%ED%92%88%EC%9D%98-%EA%B2%BD%EC%A0%9C%ED%86%B5/ar-BBMDBKQ|website=www.msn.com|access-date=2020-05-02}}

Sung holds three degrees - a bachelor in economics and master's in policy studies from Seoul National University and a doctorate in economics from University of Missouri.{{Cite web|title=Minister {{!}} Minister & Vice Ministers {{!}} Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy|url=https://english.motie.go.kr/en/am/minister/Minister/MINISTER/Minister.jsp|website=english.motie.go.kr|access-date=2020-05-02}}

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