[2][3][4] After being graduated from Jeolla High School in 1979,[1] he attended Sungkyunkwan University to take Bachelor in Public Administration.

[2][3][4][1] In 2013, the Korea Medical Association led strikes against the then Park Geun-hye government's healthcare privatisation and telemedicine.

[1][12] On 20 December 2020, 4 days before his appointment, a KHIDI report submitted to a People Power MP Jo Myung-hee revealed that Kwon was in the United Arab Emirates on a business trip from 25 to 29 October.

[13][14] However, he had joined the Healthcare Innovation Forum 2020 that was held at The Westin Chosun Seoul from 9am on 12 November, just few hours before his quarantine ended.

[13][14] Jo, who had received the report, criticised his action, but he replied that he was exempted from the quarantine due to diplomatic reasons.