CHOI Wooseok 최우석
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
산업통상자원부
Director General for New and Renewable Energy Policy Bureau 신재생에너지정책단장
Director General Wooseok Choi began his public career at the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy (currently the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy) in 1997. He is an expert in industrial and energy policy who has been the director of the Industrial Technology Development Division, the director of the Electric Power Division, and the head of the TF for Energy Transition Communication. Since October 2019, he has been serving as Director General for New and Renewable Energy Policy Bureau in charge of expanding renewable energy and promoting the hydrogen economy. He graduated from Yonsei University in 1996 and earned a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard Kennedy School in 2009.

최우석 단장은 ’97년 산업자원부(現 산업통상자원부)에서 공직생활을 시작하였으며, 산업기술개발과장, 전력산업과장, 에너지전환 소통 TF단장 등을 거친 산업 및 에너지 정책 전문가이다. 최단장은 ’19년 10월부터 산업통상자원부 신재생에너지정책단장으로 근무하면서 ‘재생에너지 3020 이행계획’에 따른 재생에너지 확대 및 수소경제 활성화 정책을 추진하고 있다. 최단장은 ’96년 연세대 경영학과를 졸업했으며, ’09년에는 미국 하버드대 케네디 스쿨에서 행정학 석사를 취득하였다.