section_path: Presidency (2025–present)
section_name: Presidency (2025–present)
paragraph_text: Presidency (2025–present)
  
  Lee was sworn in on 4 June 2025 at 11:00 local time. The swearing-in ceremony, which also included Lee giving an inaugural address to the nation, was held in the Rotunda Hall of the National Assembly. Before being sworn in, Lee, in what was regarded to be his "first official schedule," took part in a "world of living together" tribute at the Seoul National Cemetery.
  
  Lee agreed to appoint Kim Min-seok as Prime Minister, while former Unification Minister Lee Jong-seok, former Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Hyun-jong, and diplomat-turned-politician Wi Sung-lac are reportedly among his potential picks for positions in national security and foreign affairs posts. In his first personal announcement as President of South Korea, Lee would nominate Kim Min-seok as prime minister. Lee also nominated Rep. Kang Hoon-sik, a former DPK spokesman, as his first chief of staff, Lee Jong-seok for the director of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), Hwang In-kwon, a retired four-star Army general, as the next chief of the Presidential Security Service, Wi Sung-lac as director of the National Security Council (NSC), and Rep. Kang Yu-jung, who was a spokeswoman for Lee's 2025 campaign team, as his first presidential spokesperson. Opting to ensure continuity in state affairs, Lee turned down resignation offers from holdover Cabinet members from the previous South Korean government, with the exception of Justice Minister Park Sung-jae. As president, Lee is residing in the Yongsan Presidential Office pending a complete relocation to the previous presidential residence at Cheong Wa Dae.
  
  On 5 June, Lee withdrew nominations made by former acting president Han Duck-soo to the Constitutional Court. He also ordered the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries to transfer its headquarters to Busan, which had been part of his campaign pledges.