Cultural Heritage Management Office
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State level | independent authority at sub-ministerial level | ||
Consist | since October 2, 1961, in its current form since May 24, 1999 | ||
Headquarters | Government Complex Daejeon, 189, Cheongsa-ro , Seo-gu , Daejeon 35208, South Korea | ||
Coordinates | 36 ° 21 '40.3 " N , 127 ° 23' 5.4" E | ||
Authority management | Kim Jong-Jin | ||
Employee | 928 (as of November 2016) | ||
Website | www.cha.go.kr |
Korean spelling | |
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Korean alphabet : | 문화 재청 |
Hanja : | 文化 財 廳 |
Revised Romanization : | Munhwajaecheong |
McCune-Reischauer : | Munhwajaech'ŏng |
The Office for Cultural Heritage Administration ( Korean : 문화 재청 , English : Cultural Heritage Administration , short: CHA) is the highest South Korean monument authority and subordinate to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism . Since August 8, 2017, the authority has been headed by Kim Jong-Jin .
history
On October 2, 1961, the Office of Cultural Properties ( Kor. 문화재 관리국 , English Office of Cultural Properties ) was founded under the aegis of the Ministry of Education, but the origins go back to the Royal Household Affair founded in November 1945 under the American military government Office (from June 1955 under the name Royal Household Properties Office ). When the departments for cultural and artistic affairs were outsourced from the Ministry of Education, the Office for Cultural Property Management came under the direction of the newly established Ministry of Culture on July 24, 1968.
Until 1999, the office was under the direction of the various ministries that were responsible for the culture department until then, and on May 24, 1999 it was spun off as an independent authority from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. In March 2004 she was granted the status of a sub-ministerial authority under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
tasks
After the Government Organization Act (kor. 정부 조직법 , Eng. Government Organization Act ) takes over the Office of Cultural Heritage Administration all tasks related to cultural objects are. The special tasks of the Office for Cultural Heritage Management are defined by a number of other laws and decrees and include the appointment and registration of cultural goods in the respective registers, the issuing of permits for excavations and for the export of cultural goods, as well as the allocation of funds for the protection and for the maintenance of cultural assets. In addition, the Office for Cultural Heritage Administration takes on the administration of royal palaces and tombs of the Joseon Dynasty in and around Seoul and the submission of proposals for the various programs of the UNESCO cultural and natural heritage.
organization
Internal organization
The office is headed by a head of the authority who is assigned a press officer and who is supported by a deputy head of the authority. The authority is further divided into
- a general affairs department responsible for general correspondence and human resources,
- a director general for planning and coordination, to whom four directors are subordinate,
- the cultural heritage policy bureau with four departments,
- the Bureau for Heritage Preservation with five departments and
- the office for cultural heritage with six departments.
Affiliated organizations
The following organizations are subordinate to the office:
- Korea National University of Cultural Heritage (NUCH)
- National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (NRICH)
- National Research Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage
- National Intangible Heritage Center (NITH)
- National Palace Museum of Korea
- nine administrations for the royal palaces and tombs
List of heads of authorities
The following table shows the list of heads of authorities since 1999.
No. | ladder | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires | government |
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1 | Seo Jeong-bae ( 서정배 ) | June 12, 1999 | April 17, 2001 | Kim Dae-jung |
2 | Raw Tae-seop ( 노태섭 ) | April 18, 2011 | September 2, 2004 | |
Raw Moo-hyun | ||||
3 | Yu Hong-jun ( 유홍준 ) | September 3, 2004 | February 22, 2008 | |
4th | Lee Geon-mu ( 이건무 ) | March 8, 2008 | February 8, 2011 | Lee Myung-bak |
5 | Choe Kwang-shik ( 최광식 ) | February 9, 2011 | September 7, 2011 | |
6th | Kim Chan ( 김찬 ) | September 8, 2011 | 17th March 2013 | |
7th | Byun Young-sup ( 변영섭 ) | March 18, 2013 | 18th November 2013 | Park Geun-hye |
8th | Rha Sun-hwa ( 나선 화 ) | December 27, 2013 | 7th August 2017 | |
9 | Kim Jong-Jin ( 김종진 ) | August 8, 2017 | in office | Moon Jae-in |
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literature
- Office of Cultural Properties . Policy and Administration. 1998 (English, Korean, online [PDF; accessed March 26, 2017]).
- Cultural Heritage Administration . Daejeon 2011 (English, online [PDF; accessed on March 26, 2017]).
Individual evidence
- ^ History. In: Cultural Heritage Administration. Retrieved June 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Vision & Mission. In: Cultural Heritage Administration. Retrieved June 23, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Organizational Chart. In: Cultural Heritage Administration. Retrieved June 23, 2018 .
- ↑ 역대 청장. In: 문화 재청. Retrieved June 23, 2018 (Korean).
Web links
- Official Website (Korean)
- Official website (English)