President Lee Myung-bak promoted the deputy home affairs minister and named him to become the ministry's second vice chief on Monday in a small reshuffle that also affected three other vice ministerial posts.
Deputy Home Affairs Minister Lee Jong-bae was named the second vice minister at the ministry, while Oh Jung-kyu, a financial technocrat, was designated as second vice minister for agriculture, the presidential office said.
The president also named Lee Ki-kweon, a labor affairs technocrat, as vice labor minister and a former gender equality minister official, Kim Tae-seok, as vice chief of the ministry, the office said.