Civil servant who passed the higher civil service exam and served as the fifth Vice Minister of Health and Welfare
| Life | 1959 |
| Era | 현대 |
| Clan | 단양 장씨 |
Jang Ok-ju (b. 1959) is a civil servant born in Danyang County, North Chungcheong, of the Danyang Jang clan. Born on 6 January 1959, she passed the 25th higher civil service examination in 1981.
At the Ministry of Health and Welfare she served as head of the Welfare Resources Division (1997), Director of Oriental Medicine Policy (2003), Deliberation Officer for Welfare of the Disabled (2005) and Chief Policy Coordinator (2007), then as head of the Children and Youth Policy Office (2008), the Low Birth Rate and Aging Society Policy Office (2010) and the Social Welfare Policy Office (2010-2011).
She was president of the Korea Senior Citizens Development Institute from August 2011 to October 2012, and Health and Welfare Secretary in the Presidential Office's employment and welfare section from March 2013 to July 2014. She then served as the fifth Vice Minister of Health and Welfare from July 2014 to October 2015.
After passing the exam in 1981 she rose at the Ministry of Health and Welfare from division head to head of the Social Welfare Policy Office.
She served as fifth Vice Minister of Health and Welfare from July 2014 to October 2015.