56th Minister of Agriculture and sixth president of Sunchon National University
| Life | 1949 ~ 2011 |
| Era | 현대 |
| Clan | 장흥 임씨 |
Im Sang-gyu (1949-2011) was a South Korean civil servant and educator of the Jangheung Im clan. He was born in South Jeolla on 4 July 1949 and died on 13 June 2011 aged 61. He graduated from Gwangju First High School, earned a bachelor's degree in public administration at Seoul National University, a master's in economics and public administration at Syracuse University and a doctorate in public administration at Chung-Ang University.
After passing the 17th higher civil service examination in 1975, from 1998 to 2002 he served as public affairs officer and in posts such as budget deliberation officer and Director General of the Budget at the planning and budget bodies. From January to October 2004 he was 21st Vice Minister of Science and Technology and in October 2004 became the first head of the Office of Science and Technology Innovation. From January to August 2007 he was 11th Director of the Office for Government Policy Coordination.
He served as 56th Minister of Agriculture and Forestry from 31 August 2007 to 29 February 2008; his successor was Jeong Un-cheon of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. From June 2008 to 2010 he was a professor at Sunchon National University and from July 2010 to June 2011 its sixth president. Only the public career recorded by Wikipedia is summarized and private details are omitted. He is an example of a modern clan member who went into public administration.
After passing the 17th higher civil service examination he worked at planning and budget bodies, the science ministry, the policy coordination office and the agriculture ministry.
After serving as professor he became sixth president. See also the Jangheung Im page.