Official who served as Fair Trade Commission chair, Minister of Planning and Budget, Deputy Prime Minister for the Economy and Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection
| Life | 1939 |
| Era | 현대 |
| Clan | 담양 전씨 |
Jeon Yun-cheol (田允喆, born 1939) is an economic official whose seat is given in Wikipedia as Damyang (Damyang Jeon). Born in Mokpo, he graduated from Seoul High School in 1958 and the Seoul National University College of Law in 1964, and passed the higher civil service examination in 1966.
At the Economic Planning Board he served as director-general of price policy (1990) and head of planning and management (1994); after serving as the first vice-chair of the Fair Trade Commission and head of the Fisheries Administration in 1995, he became FTC chair in 1997. He was Minister of Planning and Budget in 2000, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy in 2002, and served as the 19th and 20th Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection from November 2003 until his resignation in May 2008.
He became an endowed professor at Chosun University College of Law in 2010, and Wikipedia lists later roles such as ethics committee chair and nomination committee chair of a party and standing adviser to an election campaign. This entry neutrally lists only his public career and does not cover family or other private matters.
The sequence is: higher civil service exam 1966; director-general of price policy at the Economic Planning Board 1990; head of planning and management 1994; first vice-chair of the Fair Trade Commission 1995; FTC chair 1997; Minister of Planning and Budget 2000; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy 2002; Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection November 2003-May 2008. Years follow Wikipedia; confirm exact terms in official sources.
The seat is shown as Damyang in the Wikipedia infobox. His specific branch could not be confirmed.