"I will work together with the new executive team to raise Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) to a higher level and to promote the rights and interests of faculty members."

Professor Lee Wang-hyu (59), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Agricultural Biology, was elected as the 14th President of the JBNU Faculty Council.

The Faculty Council announced that it held a regular general meeting at 4:00 PM on November 7 at Jinsudang Gain Hall and elected Professor Lee as the new President of the Faculty Council.

Vice Presidents elected were Professor Kim Suk-bae (College of Human Ecology, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition) and Professor Lee Kyung-sun (College of Business and Economics, Department of Business Administration). Professors Oh Young-taek (College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering) and Lee Chi-song (College of Business and Economics, Department of Business Administration) were elected as auditors. They will each begin their terms on March 1 next year.

The newly elected President, Lee, said, "I will do my best to carry out the Faculty Council's important role of strengthening the university's competitiveness through constructive criticism," and added, "I will heed the faculty's wishes and will not neglect my role in monitoring that the university is operated democratically through sufficient consultation."

President Lee graduated from JBNU's Department of Agronomy, completed his master's degree at the same university's graduate school, and earned his Ph.D. from Hokkaido University in Japan. He served as a researcher at the Honam Agricultural Experiment Station and has been a professor at JBNU since 1988.