Lee Jong-seok ( born 21 February 1961) is the 8th President of the Constitutional Court of Korea, appointed by President

Yoon Suk Yeol Yoon Suk Yeol (; born 18 December 1960) is a South Korean politician who has been serving as the 13th and current president of South Korea since 2022. Prior to his presidency, he served as the prosecutor general of South Korea between 2019 and ...

in November 2023.

Life and career

Lee was born on 21 February 1961 in Chilgok, South Korea. He graduated Kyeongbuk High School and

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 ...

, passed 25th National bar exam, and completed 15th Judicial Research and Training Institute program. He started his legal career as trial court judge at Incheon District Court in 1989 after discharging from mandatory military service as judge advocate. During almost thirty years of his public service as lower ordinary court judge, he was renowned for expertise in affairs of

court administration A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordanc ...

and litigations on bankruptcy. Lee was nominated for Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea in 2018, by

Liberty Korea Party The Liberty Korea Party () was a conservative political party in South Korea that was described variously as right-wing, right-wing populist, or far-right. Until February 2017, it was known as the Saenuri Party (), and before that as the Hanna ...

, which was major conservative party in South Korea. Following approval of the nomination in National Assembly, President Moon Jae-in appointed him as the Constitutional Court justice in October 2018. As one of nine Justices in the Constitutional Court of Korea, Lee was famous for his conservative view, including against decriminalizing of abortion. This characteristic led President

to nominate him as candidate for President of the Constitutional Court of Korea, as successor of retiring 7th Constitutional Court president Yoo Nam-seok.

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External links

Constitutional Court of Korea English webpage > Justices
, - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Jong-seok 1961 births Living people People from Chilgok County People from North Gyeongsang Province Kyeongbuk High School alumni Seoul National University School of Law alumni South Korean judges Justices of the Constitutional Court of Korea Presidents of the Constitutional Court of Korea

Life and career

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