Jang Mi-ran (40), a Korean female weightlifting hero, a professor of physical education at Yongin University, shared her thoughts on being appointed as the second vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.메이저놀이터
On the 29th, President Yoon Seok-yeol conducted ministerial and vice-ministerial appointments, including some at the ministerial level. Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran drew her attention as she was appointed as the second vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in charge of public relations and sports and tourism.
New Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran said through the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism that day, “I sincerely thank President Seok-yeol Yoon for appointing me.” “The spirit of fair play in the sports scene is in line with fairness and common sense. I will do my best to make it happen,” he said.
“I feel a heavy sense of responsibility as I take on the role of vice minister as a sportsperson,” he said. promised.
Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran said, “I will contribute to creating an environment where people can live a healthier and happier life through daily sports.” She continued, “With the 2023-2024 Visit Korea Year as an opportunity, we will expand things to see and enjoy so that many foreign tourists can visit Korea, and contribute to achieving the target of 30 million foreign tourists by 2027.” Emphasized.
Jang Mi-ran, 2nd Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism. /Photo = News 1
Jang Mi-ran, second vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, gives a lecture after retiring from a former player. /Photo = News 1
Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran, who was born in Wonju, Gangwon-do and graduated from Sangji Girls’ Middle School and Wonju Technical High School, won a silver medal in the 2002 Busan Asian Games +75kg and a silver medal in the same weight class at the 2004 Athens Olympics. She has since won three world championships in a row (2005-2007), Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran. In particular, the silver medal (Ola Korovka, Ukraine) and bronze medal winners (Maria Grabovtskaya, Kazakhstan) at the time were all exposed to the fact that they were taking prohibited drugs, and her deputy minister’s value increased even more.
She ended her career in 2013 after winning a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou and a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics. After her retirement, she devoted herself to her studies and earned an associate’s degree and a doctoral degree. Since 2016, she has devoted herself to nurturing the younger generation from the podium as a professor at the Department of Physical Education at Yongin University. She also established the Jang Mi-ran Foundation to carry out her scholarship work.
Deputy Minister Jang Mi-ran made her tie the record for being the youngest deputy minister in a government department. She is 39 years old, the same as Seo Seok-jun, Vice Minister of Economic Planning in 1977 (39 years old at the time). In the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, he took the title of the youngest vice minister ever, surpassing former Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo, who became vice minister at the age of 48 in 2006.
She was also the first Olympic gold medalist to become the second vice minister of culture. It is the third time that an athlete from the national team has been selected as the Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Previously, Park Jong-gil (77), a former shooting athlete who won three gold medals in the Asian Games, became the first vice minister of the Park Geun-hye government. In addition, Choi Yoon-hee (56), a former swimmer famous as the ‘Asian Mermaid’, served as a deputy minister for a year in the Moon Jae-in administration.