By Kim Jae-kyoung
Korea Times Correspondent
BALI ― Former Trade Minister Lee Bong-suh was elected to head an association of former employees of the Asian Development Bank (AFE-ADB), the Ministry of Strategy and Finance said Monday.
This is the first time that a non-Japanese citizen has become the head of the association, which consists of around 2,400 former ADB employees from 54 countries around the world. Lee worked for the ADB as vice president from 1993 to 1998. He will lead the multinational bank's alumni club for the next four years.
His election came during the 23rd annual general meeting of the AFE-ADB held in Bali, Indonesia, on the sidelines of the 42nd annual meeting of the ADB.
Lee served as a presidential secretary for economic affairs under the Chun Doo-hwan administration and a trade minister under the Roh Tae-woo administration.