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| President Lee replaces PM, seven ministers |
| 2010-08-09 |
| SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Yonhap) -- Kim Tae-ho, former governor of South Gyeongsang Province, has been nominated as new prime minister in a Cabinet shake-up that also replaced seven ministers and two minister-level officials, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae announced Sunday. President Lee Myung-bak's first Cabinet reshuffle since September 2009 comes on the heels of the ruling Grand National Party's (GNP) defeat in the June 2 local elections, which chose the heads of the country's mayors and governors, and a turnaround in the July 28 by-elections in which the party won five of the eight contested parliamentary seats. Lee begins the latter half of his single five-year tenure later this month. It did not affect the ministers handling foreign affairs, national defense or inter-Korean ties, signaling that the president will keep a tough stance on North Korea, which South Korea accuses of sinking its warship with a torpedo in March. |
| Posted by:Steve White |