Ministry of Education (South Korea)

Ministry of Education
교육부; 敎育部; Gyoyukbu
	; MOE headquarters in Sejong
Agency overview
Formed	March 23, 2013
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Culture and Education (1948–1990); Ministry of Education (1990–2001); Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development (2001–2008); Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2008–2013);
Jurisdiction	Government of South Korea
Headquarters	408 Galmae-ro, Sejong, Republic of Korea 30119
Minister responsible	Lee Ju-ho;
Deputy Minister responsible	Oh Seok-hwan;
Website	Official English Site

The Ministry of Education (MOE; Korean: 교육부; Hanja: 敎育部; RR: Gyoyukbu; MR: Kyoyukpu) is a cabinet-level division of the government of South Korea. It was created on March 23, 2013. It should not be confused with seventeen regional Offices of Education whose heads, Superintendents, are directly elected in local elections.

Its headquarters are in the Sejong Regional Government Complex in Sejong City.^[1] Previously it was located in the Central Government Complex in Jongno District, Seoul.^[2]^[3]

Affiliated agencies

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office			President
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	President
Minister of Education (2013–2014)
55		Seo Nam-soo	23 March 2013	7 August 2014	1 year, 137 days	Park Geun-hye
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education (2014-present)
56		Hwang Woo-yea	8 August 2014	12 January 2016	1 year, 157 days	Park Geun-hye
57		Lee Joon-sik	13 January 2016	4 July 2017	1 year, 172 days	Park Geun-hye
58		Kim Sang-gon	5 July 2017	2 October 2018	1 year, 89 days	Moon Jae-in
59		Yoo Eun-hae	2 October 2018	9 May 2022	3 years, 219 days	Moon Jae-in
60		Park Soon-ae	5 July 2022	8 August 2022	34 days	Yoon Suk-yeol
61		Lee Ju-ho	7 November 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 223 days	Yoon Suk-yeol

References

^ "Location Archived 2014-01-01 at archive.today." (Archive) Ministry of Education (South Korea). Retrieved on January 1, 2014. "Address : (339-012) 408 Galmae-ro, Sejong, Republic of Korea"
^ "Contact Info." (Archive) The Globe Program. Retrieved on January 1, 2013. "Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development Central Government Complex, 77-6 Sejong-no, Jongno-gu Seoul, 110-760 South Korea"
^ Park, Si-soo (July 12, 2010). "35 state bodies to be relocated to Sejong City". The Korea Times.