Kim Myeong-soo (; born 12 October 1959) is a South Korean jurist and the 16th

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea () is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea. As presiding judge of Grand bench composed of two-thirds of fourteen Supreme Court Justices, the Chief represents the Supreme Court of Korea. ...

, inaugurated on 25 September 2017, succeeding the outgoing

Yang Sung-tae Yang Sung-tae (; born 26 January 1948) is a South Korean jurist and the 15th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea. Early life and education Born in Busan, Yang received a LL.B. from Seoul National University in 1970. He began his law ca ...

Biography

Kim graduated from the

Seoul National University School of Law Seoul National University School of Law ( ko, 서울대학교 법학전문대학원; SNU Law) is one of the professional graduate schools of Seoul National University, located in Seoul, South Korea. SNU Law is widely considered to be the most pr ...

in 1981, and passed the National Judicial Examination in 1983. He began his career at the Northern Branch Court of Seoul District Court in 1986. In February 2016, he was assigned as the Chief Judge of Chuncheon District. He began his 6-year term as Chief Justice on 25 September 2017, after being elected in a 160–134 vote of parliamentary approval.

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