The Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) carried out a regular personnel reshuffle involving 170 director-level and section chief officials. As the first large-scale reshuffle since the launch of the Lee Jae-myung administration, the move appears to wrap up the organizational overhaul that has been underway since last year.
The BAI said Tuesday that it had conducted the reshuffle covering 170 director-level and section chief officials, including promotions and transfers at the director level. Among them, appointments to 17 senior audit official "Na"-grade positions had already been designated early last month.
This reshuffle is larger in scale than previous ones, as regular personnel changes had been repeatedly delayed following the December 3, 2024 emergency martial law incident. It also marks the first regular director-level reshuffle under the Lee Jae-myung administration. Since last year, the BAI has operated its own management reform task force (TF), conducting a re-examination of politically motivated and targeted audits carried out during the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, and confirming that inspection and personnel authority had been abused at the time.
In March, the BAI unveiled an organizational restructuring plan that included downsizing and reorganizing the Special Investigation Bureau — identified as having led politically motivated and targeted audits — into the Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau. With this reshuffle, carried out in conjunction with the organizational restructuring, the organizational overhaul that has been pursued is now effectively concluded.
