Giyoung Jeoung is currently Deputy Minister for Advanced Capabilities Program at the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA). He has held a number of senior positions at DAPA, including Director General for International Cooperation, Director General for Planning Coordination, Director General for Advanced Capabilities Program Support, and Director General for Surveillance and Electronic Warfare Program. He has also undertaken responsibilities in policy coordination, the Light Combat Aircraft Program, and defense industry support. Drawing on these senior positions and diverse areas of responsibility, he has gained broad experience across defense acquisition, international cooperation, and policy coordination.
His career also includes a secondment to the Office of the President of the Republic of Korea and service as Counsellor for Defense Industry and Acquisition Cooperation at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Indonesia, where he was responsible for defense industry cooperation. Through these roles, he has worked across a range of domestic and international defense and defense acquisition matters. Jeoung passed the 42nd High Civil Service Examination in 1998 and holds a Master of Arts in International Business Administration from the University of Surrey, United Kingdom, and a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration from Kookmin University, Seoul.
