Vice Minister of Justice
DATE OF BIRTH
June 29, 1972
QUALIFICATIONS
Passed National Bar Exam (37th)
Judicial Research and Training Institute (27th class)
EDUCATION
LL.B., Seoul National University
Visiting Scholar, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law
WORK EXPERIENCE
- 1995 Passed the 37th National Bar Exam (27th class of Judicial Research and Training Institute)
- 1998 Judge, Seoul District Court
- 2000 Judge, Seoul Administrative Court
- 2002 Prosecutor, Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office
- 2004 Prosecutor, Pyeongtaek Branch of Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office
- 2007 Prosecution Research Officer, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office
- 2009 Prosecutor, Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office (Dispatched to the Prosecutorial System Reform Task Force, Ministry of Justice)
- 2011 Senior Prosecutor, Pyeongtaek Branch of Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office
- 2012 Senior Prosecutor, Special Investigation Department, Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office
- 2013 Senior Prosecutor, Criminal Department V, Seoul Western District Prosecutors’ Office
- 2014 Prosecutor, Daegu High Prosecutors’ Office (Dispatched as the Director General of the Prosecutorial System Reform Planning Team, Ministry of Justice)
- 2015 Senior Prosecutor, Special Investigation Department III, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office
- 2016 Senior Prosecutor, Special Investigation Department II, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office
- 2017 Senior Prosecutor, Criminal Department I, Western Branch of Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office
- 2018 Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Suncheon Branch of Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office
- 2019 Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Ulsan District Prosecutors’ Office
- 2020 Senior Prosecutor, Criminal Affairs Division, Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office
- 2020 Prosecutor, Daejeon High Prosecutors’ Office
- 2021 Prosecutor, Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office
- 2022 Director General, Constitutional Issues Research Task Force, Ministry of Justice
- 2023 Deputy Minister for Legal Affairs, Ministry of Justice
- Sep. 2023 President, Institute of Justice
- Sep. 2024 Vice Minister, Ministry of Justice
