韩国总统改组内阁

S.Korean President Reshuffles Cabinet
(Song Min-Soon, South Korea's security advisor, at the Incheon International Airport in South Korea in 2005. Photo: AFP)

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun nominated new ministers in charge of foreign affairs, defense, unification and intelligence on Wednesday to reshuffle his cabinet, the South Korea's Presidential Office said.

Song Min-soon, who has served as Roh's chief security advisor for about 10 months, was named as new foreign minister to replace the outgoing Ban Ki-moon, the Presidential Office said.

Ban was elected as the next United Nations Secretary-General and will take office next year.

Song is a veteran diplomat with more than 30 years of service in South Korean Foreign Ministry.

He used to be South Korea's chief delegate for the six-party talks on the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula before working as the president's top security advisor. He played a key role in producing the Sept. 19 joint statement during the fourth round of the six-party talks in Beijing last year, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported.

The president also nominated Lee Jae-joung, former lawmaker of the ruling Uri Party, as unification minister and Army Chief of Staff Kim Jang-soo as new defense minister, the Presidential Office announced.
Kim Man-bok, first deputy director of the National Intelligence Service, was promoted to the director of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), the Presidential Office said.
韩国总统改组内阁

（图片）宋旻淳，2005年在韩国仁川国际机场 来源：法新社
据韩国总统办公室称，韩国总统卢武铉改组了内阁，并在星期三提名了外交部、国防部、统一部和情报院等四个部的新部长。 该办公室还称，已担任了10个月韩国总统卢武铉的高级安全顾问的宋旻淳被提名为新的外交部长，以接替快要离职的潘基文，因为潘被选举为联合国秘书长，明年即将上任。 宋在韩国外交部工作已有30余年，具有丰富的外交经验。据韩国联合通讯社报道，在出任韩国总统高级顾问前，他曾担任六方会谈的韩国首席谈判代表，并在去年的北京第四轮六方会谈中促进九月十九日共同声明起了关键作用。 被提名的还有：前开放国民党立法者李在祯，提名为统一部长官；陆军参谋总长金章洙，被提名为国防部长；国家情报院第一次长金万福，被提名升为国家情报院院长。