Yoo Nam-seok

Yoo Nam-seok (Korean: 유남석; Hanja: 劉南碩; born 1 May 1957) is the President of the Constitutional Court of Korea.

Yoo Nam-seok
유남석
President of the Constitutional Court of Korea
Assumed office
21 September 2018
Nominated byMoon Jae-in
Preceded byLee Jin-sung
Personal details
Born (1957-05-01) 1 May 1957
Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, South Korea
Alma materSeoul National University (LL.M.)

Early life

Born in Mokpo, Jeonnam Province of South Korea, Yoo Nam-Seok graduated from Seoul National University college of law. He passed the 23rd National Bar Exam in 1981 and completed the Judicial Research and Training Institute in 1983 to be a judge.

He expressed his view that conscientious objectors should be allowed to be granted the opportunity for alternative military service instead of being punished on his paper titled ‘Legal Review on Conscientious Objectors’ during his military service as an army legal officer in 1985.

He was a presiding judge of the Seoul High Court before becoming the 35th Chief Judge of the Gwangju High Court to replace his predecessor Bang Geukseong in February 2016.

He was nominated as a Constitutional Court justice by President Moon Jae-In on October 19, 2017 and sworn in on November 13, 2017.

The National Assembly passed a bill to appoint him as the President of the Constitutional Court on September 20, 2018 and President Moon appointed him to the presidency the next day.

Career

1986 Judge, Seoul Civil District Court

1994 Judge, Seoul High Court

1996 Judge, Research Division, Supreme Court

2002 Senior Judge, Seoul Central District Court and Director of Judicial Policy, Supreme Court Administration

2003 Senior Judge, Seoul Administrative Court

2005 Senior Judge, Daejeon High Court

2008 Dispatched to the Constitutional Court

2010 Senior Judge, Seoul High Court

2012 Chief Judge, Seoul Northern District Court

2016 Chief Judge, Gwangju High Court

2017 Justice, Constitutional Court

2018~ President, Constitutional Court

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References
  • "Constitutional Court Korea > Introduction > Organization". english.ccourt.go.kr. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  • "인물 - 헌법재판소". ccourt.go.kr. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  • "유남석 (법조인) - 위키백과, 우리 모두의 백과사전". ko.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2018-02-08.


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