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Honorable
Lee Jongseok
이종석
Official portrait of Lee Jongseok as Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea
Official portrait, 2018
8th President of the Constitutional Court of Korea
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 November 2023
Appointed byYoon Suk Yeol
Preceded byYoo Nam-seok
Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 October 2018
Nominated byLiberty Korea Party
Appointed byMoon Jae-in
Preceded byAhn Chang-ho
Personal details
Born (1961-02-21) 21 February 1961 (age 63)
Chilgok, South Korea
EducationSeoul National University School of Law (LL.B.)
OccupationJudge
Military service
AllegianceRepublic of Korea
Branch/serviceRepublic of Korea Army
Years of service1986–1989
RankFirst lieutenant
(Judge advocate)

Lee Jongseok (Korean: 이종석; Hanja: 李悰錫 born 21 February 1961) is the 8th President of the Constitutional Court of Korea, appointed by President Yoon Suk Yeol 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, 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 and litigations on bankruptcy. For this famous career, Lee was nominated for Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea in 2018, by Liberty Korea Party, 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.[1]

As one of nine Justices in the Constitutional Court of Korea, Lee was famous for his conservative view. This characteristic led President Yoon Suk Yeol to nominate him as candidate for President of the Constitutional Court of Korea, as sucessor of retiring 7th Constitutional Court president Yoo Nam-seok.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kim, Sarah (2023-10-18). "Yoon nominates Lee Jong-seok as next chief of Constitutional Court". Korea Joongang Daily. Seoul. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  2. ^ Lee, Haye-ah (2023-10-18). "Yoon names new president of Constitutional Court". Yonhap News. Seoul. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
Legal offices
Preceded by Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea
2018–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by President of the Constitutional Court of Korea
2023–present 		Incumbent

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