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Kang Hoon-sik is the Presidential Chief of Staff in the Lee Jae-myung government.

He is focusing on assisting President Lee Jae-myung so that state affairs remain steady by responding swiftly to changes in the international order and domestic political conditions.

He was born on October 24, 1973, in Onyang-eup, Asan County, South Chungcheong Province, as the eldest son among one son and one daughter.

He graduated from Daejeon Myeongseok High School and Konkuk University’s Department of Management Information Systems.

He took part in the student movement as president of the Konkuk University student council.

In 2000, he founded a clothing company.

He entered politics after being recruited by former Gyeonggi Governor Sohn Hak-kyu, and ran in the 18th National Assembly election but lost.

After three attempts, he was elected as a National Assembly member for the Asan B constituency in South Chungcheong Province in the 20th National Assembly election, and won third-term reelection in the same constituency in 2020 and 2024.

In 2022, he ran for party leader but withdrew two weeks before the national convention.

He served as head of the general situation room at the Central Election Campaign Committee for the 21st presidential election, and in June 2025, he was appointed Presidential Chief of Staff to President Lee Jae-myung.

He is responding quickly to global affairs, including the U.S.-Iran war and Canadian defense issues, in his capacity as a special envoy.

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