Life Summary
Oh Young-ju is the Ministry of SMEs and Startups Minister .
Her husband, Jang Myung-seok, is a former Seoul Metropolitan Government official who served as the Secretary of Public Discipline under the Lee Myung-bak administration. In 2011, he was convicted for ordering the diversion of special activity funds from the National Intelligence Service to prevent the exposure of civilian surveillance but was reinstated through a special pardon under the Yoon Suk-yeol administration.

She was born on March 27, 1964, in Masan, Gyeongsangnam-do.

She graduated from Daegu Girls' High School and Ewha Womans University with a degree in Political Science and International Relations.

She earned a Master's degree in International Relations from the University of California, San Diego.

Starting her public service career by passing the 22nd Foreign Service Examination, she served as the First Secretary at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Counselor in China, Director-General for Development Cooperation, Director of the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security, Ambassador to Vietnam, and the Second Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.

She is a career diplomat and an expert in multilateral and economic diplomacy.

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