Government official who served as Minister of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and chairman of the Korea Racing Authority
| Life | 1949 |
| Era | 현대 |
| Clan | 흥덕 장씨 |
Jang Tae-pyeong (b. 1949) is a South Korean civil servant of the Heungdeok Jang clan. Korean Wikipedia says he was born on March 3, 1949 in Muan County, South Jeolla, graduated from Kyunggi High School and Seoul National University (Sociology), and holds a master's in public administration from SNU and a master's in economics from a US graduate school. He passed the 20th higher civil service examination and began in the Economic Planning Board.
After serving as secretary to the minister in 1990, he held posts as head of consumer policy, international tax, corporate tax and property tax divisions, and in 2002 became a standing judge at the National Tax Tribunal. He was Director-General for Agricultural Policy and Agricultural Structure Policy in 2004, Director of Policy and Public Relations at the finance ministry in 2005-2006 and Secretary-General of the Korea Independent Commission Against Corruption in 2006-2008.
From August 6, 2008 to August 30, 2010 he was the 58th Minister of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and from November 18, 2011 to September 4, 2013 the 33rd chairman of the Korea Racing Authority. He then worked as an adjunct professor at Daejin University and farm adviser to the Gangwon Development Institute, and chaired the Presidential Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Affairs from December 2022 to August 2025. He received the Order of Service Merit, Green Stripes (1997) and a presidential citation (2000).
He was secretary to the minister (1990), legal affairs officer (1993), head of consumer policy (1994), head of international tax and corporate tax at the finance ministry (1995-1996), head of corporate tax (1998) and property tax (1999, assistant vice-ministerial rank). He was dispatched to the ASEM preparatory group in 2000 and to the National Defense College in 2001, and became a standing judge of the National Tax Tribunal in 2002. In April 2025 he was listed as head of a special committee in a presidential primary campaign, per Wikipedia.