Mr. Kim Hee-hyon is the vice governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. Born in 1959 in Seogwipo city of Jeju, he served as a three-term member of the Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Council from 2010 to 2022. He is an expert in the tourism sector having completed a doctoral program in tourism development at the Graduate School of Business Administration at Jeju National University and served as a full-time vice president of the Jeju Tourism Association and an executive director of Jeju Tourism Organization. During his term as a member of the provincial council, he took on roles as the chair of the Agriculture, Fisheries, Livestock Industrial Committee, chair of Culture, Tourism, and Sports Committee, and vice-chair of the provincial council. Being recognized for his service, he received the best member award at the 2016 Korean Assembly Awards and an award of excellence in administrative audit at the Jeju Provincial Council Awards.