Lee Jin-sung (; born 5 August 1956) was the 6th
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of the
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of
South Korea
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, appointed by
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 ...
on November 24, 2017.
Career
1983 Judge, Busan District Court
1988 Judge, Uijeongbu Branch of Seoul District Court
1990 Judge, Seoul High Court
1991 Judge, Seoul Criminal District Court
1993 Law Clerk, Supreme Court
1994 Chief Judge, Kangkyung Branch of Daejeon District Court
1997 Professor, Judicial Research and Training Institute
2000 Senior Judge, Seoul District Court
2001 Senior Judge, Patent Court
2003 Senior Judge, Seoul High Court
2005 Bankruptcy Senior Chief Judge, Seoul Central District Court
2008 Vice Minister, Ministry of Court Administration, Supreme Court
2010 Chief Judge, Seoul Central District Court
2012 Chief Judge, Gwangju High Court
2012 Justice, Constitutional Court
2017 President, Constitutional Court (retired on September 19, 2018)
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Living people
1956 births
Presidents of the Constitutional Court of Korea
Justices of the Constitutional Court of Korea
South Korean judges
Seoul National University School of Law alumni