Kim Oe-sook (

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: 김외숙;

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: 金外淑; born 10 August 1967) is a South Korean lawyer served as President

Moon Jae-in Moon Jae-in (; ; born 24 January 1953) is a South Korean former politician, civil servant and lawyer who served as the 12th president of South Korea between 2017 and 2022. Prior to his presidency, he served as Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs an ...

's Senior Presidential Secretary for Personnel Affairs from 2019 to 2022 and previously served as his first Minister of Government Legislation - the second woman ever to lead the Ministry. After passing the bar exam in 1989 and completing the training at the

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in 1992, she began and dedicated her career as a lawyer at law firm Busan, which is founded by Moon after former President and then-lawyer

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quit a law firm Roh and Moon jointly opened to become a lawmaker. Kim took various roles: the Vice-president of Korean Women Lawyers Association, a member of Busan Regional Labor Relations Commission, a Commissioner of Council of Conciliation at Busan High Court and a member of Busan and Gyeongsangbuk-do Administrative Appeals Commissions. She also taught and led a law clinic at Dong-A University Law School as an adjunct professor. Kim is one of few senior officials of

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to keep their post despite offering their resignation in midst of Moon's secretariat reshuffles in August 2020. She holds two degrees in law - a bachelor from

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and a master's from

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Oe-sook 1967 births Living people 20th-century South Korean lawyers South Korean women lawyers Seoul National University alumni University of Virginia School of Law alumni Women government ministers of South Korea Government ministers of South Korea People from Pohang 21st-century South Korean lawyers Academic staff of Dong-a University