| Pres. | LEE Myung-bak |
| Prime Min. | KIM Hwang-sik |
| Min., Prime Min.'s Office | RIM Che-min |
| Min. of Culture, Sports, & Tourism | CHOI Kwang-sik |
| Min. of Education, Science, & Technology | LEE Ju-ho |
| Min. of Employment & Labor | LEE Chae-pil |
| Min. of Environment | YOO Young-sook |
| Min. for Food, Agriculture, Forestry, & Fisheries | SUH Kyu-yong |
| Min. of Foreign Affairs & Trade | KIM Sung-hwan |
| Min. of Gender Equality & Family | KIM Kum-lae |
| Min. of Health & Welfare | IM Chae-min |
| Min. of Justice | LEE Kwi-nam |
| Min. of Knowledge Economy | |
| Min. of Land, Transport, & Maritime Affairs | KWON Do-youp |
| Min. of National Defense | KIM Kwan-jin |
| Min. of Public Admin. & Security | MAENG Hyung-kyu |
| Min. of Strategy & Finance | BAHK Jae-wan |
| Min. of Unification | YU Woo-ik |
| Chmn., Anticorruption & Civil Rights Commission | KIM Young-ran |
| Chmn., Board of Audit & Inspection | YANG Kun |
| Chmn., Fair Trade Commission | KIM Dong-soo |
| Chmn., Financial Services Commission | KIM Seok-dong |
| Chmn., Korea Communications Commission | CHOI See-joong |
| Chmn., Presidential Council on National Competitiveness | SAKONG Il |
| Chmn., National Human Rights Commission | HYUN Byung-chul |
| Chief of Staff, Office of the Pres. | HA Kum-loul |
| Senior Presidential Sec. for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy, Office of the Pres. | CHUN Yung-woo |
| Dir., National Intelligence Service | WON Sei-hoon |
| Governor, Bank of Korea | KIM Choong-soo |
| Ambassador to the US | HAN Duk-soo |
| Permanent Representative to the UN, New York | KIM Sook |
Korea, South Chiefs of State 2012
SOURCE: 2012 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES
