Biography Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1954, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo in 1978 and entered the Ministry of Health and Welfare (currently the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare). He has held a number of senior government positions, including Deputy Director-General of the Headquarters for Elderly Care Measures at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Director-General for Policy Coordination at the Cabinet Office, Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister, Director-General of the Social Welfare and War Victims’ Relief Bureau at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and Director-General for Regional Revitalization at the Cabinet Secretariat. He subsequently served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Lithuania from July 2018 to November 2021. Throughout his career, he played a key role in the development and implementation of the long-term care insurance system. He was also responsible for a wide range of policy areas, including youth employment measures, support for low-income populations, policies addressing declining birth rates, and regional revitalization. In September 2021, he was awarded the Order for Merits to Lithuania (Diplomatic Star) by the Government of Lithuania in recognition of his distinguished service. From January 2022, he served as Secretary-General of the Secretariat of the Headquarters for Building an All-Generation Social Security System at the Cabinet Secretariat, concurrently serving as Special Advisor to the Cabinet Secretariat until October 2025. He has held his current position since November 2025. Selected Publications Population Strategy Bill: Is There a Way to Halt Population Decline? (Nikkei Publishing Inc.) Population Decline and Social Security: Overcoming Isolation and Contraction (Chuokoron-Shinsha

EDUCATION 1998. 5. Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan 1989. 2. MA in Economics from Seoul National University 1987. 2. BA in Economics from Seoul National University PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2024.09.~ President, Korea Institute of Public Finance (KIPF) 2002.03.~2024.09. Professor, Hanyang University 2020.07.~2024.06 Dean, College of Economics and Finance, Hanyang University 2015.10.~2017.05 Vice Minister, Ministry of Education 2012.08.~2015.10 Dean, Office for Planning and Budget, Hanyang University 2000.07.~2002.02 Research Fellow, Korea Developing Institute (KDI) 1998.02.~2000.06 Faculty Research Associate Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS) Department of Economics, University of Maryland 1998.06.~2000.06 Consultant, the World Bank (WBI, ECA, ESA)

[Education] B.A. in Economics, Yonsei University M.A. in Economics, Yonsei University Ph.D. in Economics, University of Pennsylvania [Professional Experience] Director, Hanyang Institute of Population and Policy Research Dean, College of Economics and Finance, Hanyang University Professor, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore President, Korea Labor and Employment Relations Association Member, Presidential Committee on National Cohesion Public Interest Member, National Labor Relations Commission

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Insill Yi is currently a President of the Korean Peninsula Population Institute for future. She was a Professor of Graduate School of Economics, a Director of Nam Duck-Woo Economic Research Institute, and Vice-President for Public Affairs at Sogang University. She served for Korean government as the 12th Commissioner of Statistics Korea from the private sector also for the first time. She also served for National Assembly Budget Office as a Chief of Economic Analysis Division. She also worked as a senior research fellow and director of the Center for Finance and Tax, at Korea Economic Research Institute. She worked as a senior economist and team leader of financial analysis team, for Hana Bank Research Institute. She had been and is currently active in participating the governmental committees. She is publishing books, articles and expressing various opinions in academic journals and newspapers. She served for the president and is currently honorary president of the Korean Women Economic Association, the Association of Korean Economic Studies, and the Korean Economic Association. She has a bachelor’s degree in economics and geology from Yonsei University and a doctoral degree from the University of Minnesota USA.

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