24th Commissioner of the Korea Forest Service; forestry official and researcher
| Life | 1953 |
| Era | 현대 |
| Clan | 부여 서씨 |
Seo Seung-jin (b. 1953) is a South Korean forestry official of the Buyeo Seo clan from Cheongyang, South Chungcheong. He graduated in forestry from Seoul National University in 1979, took a master's in forest economics at Michigan State University in 1985 and a doctorate in forest resources at Seoul National University in 1994.
After serving as head of a planning division in the Forest Service (1993) and as an official in the presidential secretariat (1994), he was fire-control director and director of forest management in 1997 and director of national forests in 1999. He led the Forestry Research Institute from 2000 and then the National Institute of Forest Science, and was the 24th Commissioner of the Korea Forest Service from February 2006 to March 2008.
He received a Prime Minister's commendation in 1987 and the Hongjo Order of Service Merit in 1999.
After serving as director of forest management and national forests in the Forest Service and heading the research institute, he became Commissioner. He combined experience in administration and research.
Living person.