Ministry of Personnel Management

The Ministry of Personnel Management (Korean인사혁신처; Hanja人事革新處) is an independent organisation under Office of Prime Minister of South Korea responsible for human resource management of the executive branch of the government. It also oversees the government employees' pension which is managed Government Employees Pension Service. It is led by the vice-ministerial-level Minister of Personal Management.

Ministry of Personnel Management
인사혁신처
人事革新處
Insahyeoksin-cheo

MPM headquarters in Sejong
Agency overview
Formed19 November 2014; 9 years ago (2014-11-19)
Preceding agencies
  • Bureau of Personnel Management
  • Presidential Commission on Higher Civil Service Examination
JurisdictionGovernment of South Korea
Headquarters499, Hannuri-daero, Sejong, South Korea
Minister responsible
  • Yeon Won-jeong
Deputy Minister responsible
  • Parc Yong-soo
Child agencies
Websitempm.go.kr

The current Ministry was formed in 2014 and moved to its current headquarters in Sejong City in 2016.[1] Its history can be traced back to 1948 when the Bureau of Personal Management was created under now-Ministry of the Interior and Safety and Presidential Commission on Higher Civil Service Examination.[2]

It has two child agencies both led by vice-ministerial-level heads - National Human Resources Development Institute (NHI) and Appeals Commission.

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References

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  1. ^ Jun, Ji-hye (November 15, 2020). "'Proactive public service enabled Korea's quick response to COVID-19'". The Korea Times.
  2. ^ "Our History< ABOUT MPM< Ministry of Personnel Management". www.mpm.go.kr. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
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