Jeong Eun-kyeong
Jeong Eun-kyeong | |
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정은경 | |
Jeong in 2020 | |
| Minister of Health and Welfare | |
| Assumed office 21 July 2025 | |
| President | Lee Jae-myung |
| Preceded by | Cho Kyoo-hong |
| Commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency | |
| In office 12 September 2020 – 17 May 2022 | |
| President | Moon Jae-in |
| Prime Minister | Chung Sye-kyun, Kim Boo-kyum |
| Minister | Park Neung-hoo, Kwon Deok-chul |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Peck Kyong-ran |
| Director of the KCDC | |
| In office 26 July 2017 – 11 September 2020 | |
| President | Moon Jae-in |
| Prime Minister | Lee Nak-yeon, Chung Sye-kyun |
| Minister | Park Neung-hoo |
| Preceded by | Jung Ki-seok |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 July 1965 Gwangju, South Korea |
| Alma mater | Seoul National University |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 정은경 |
| Hanja | 鄭銀敬 |
| RR | Jeong Eungyeong |
| MR | Chŏng Ŭn'gyŏng |
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Jeong Eun-kyeong (Korean: 정은경; born 9 July 1965) is a South Korean infectious disease and public health expert who has served as the minister of health and welfare since 2025. She previously held office as the first commissioner of KDCA, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, from 2020 to 2022. Jeong was previously the first woman to lead its preceding agency, KCDC, which history dates back to 1981.