Park Min-shik

Park Min-shik is a South Korean politician who served as the minister of patriots and veterans affairs from 2022 to 2023.

Career

Beginning in 1996, Park began working as a prosecutor, where he handled a wiretapping case involving the national spy agency.
In 2008, Park won a seat in the Parliament representing Busan, and was reelected in 2012.
In May 2023, Park was appointed by President Yoon Suk Yeol to serve as the Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs. He was the first veterans minister to serve since the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs was upgraded from its previous sub-ministry level. As veterans minister, Park halted a move by the Gwangju city government to build a statue commemorating Korean Chinese composer Zheng Lucheng, who fought against the South during the Korean War. In December 2023, Park was replaced as Veterans Minister.