[The President of South Korea nominates candidates for the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense] August 30th, the South Korean Presidential Palace Blue House announced on the 30th that President Lee will nominate candidates for 6 positions including the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the economy and the Minister of Defense tomorrow. Kang Hoon-sik, director of the Presidential Secretariat, said at a press conference that day that Lee Jae-myung nominated Lee Hyung-il, the current first official of the Ministry of Finance and Economy, to be the deputy prime minister in charge of the economy and minister of finance and economy, and Kang Shin-cheol, the former deputy commander of the Korea-U.S. Joint Command, to be the minister of defense. He also nominated candidates for the heads of departments such as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Small and Medium Venture Enterprises, and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Affairs. In addition, Lee Hae-min and Lee Won-joo have been informally appointed as the chief secretary of the "Artificial Intelligence Future Planning" of the Presidential Office and the newly established "super project assistant" respectively. Kang Hoon-sik said that this personnel adjustment is "in order to lead South Korea into the future and create substantive changes that can be truly felt by the people with new leadership that is both dynamic and professional."