Prosecutor General of South Korea

The Prosecutor General of South Korea is the head of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea. The incumbent Prosecutor General is Yoon Suk-yeol, who started his term on 25 July 2019.[1]

Prosecutor General of
South Korea
Incumbent
Yoon Suk-yeol[1]
since 25 July 2019 (2019-07-25)
SeatSeoul
AppointerPresident
Term length2 years, not renewable
Constituting instrumentSupreme Prosecutors' Office Act
Formation31 October 1948 (1948-10-31)
First holderKwon Seung-ryeol
Websitewww.spo.go.kr/site/spo/main.do

Duties

The duties are mentioned under the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Act enacted since 10 March 1993.[2]

Since 31 December 1988, the term is 2 years and cannot be extended.[2] In case of any issues i.e. sick, on leave, resignation and/or death, the Assistant Prosecutor General will take the position as the interim.[2]

List of Prosecutors General

Notes: Italics are interims.

No.NameTerm
1Kwon Seung-ryeol31 October 1948 ~ 5 June 1949
2Kim Ik-jin6 June 1949 ~ 21 June 1950
3Seo Sang-hwan22 June 1950 ~ 5 March 1952
4Han Kyuk-man14 March 1952 ~ 29 September 1955
5Min Bok-ki30 September 1955 ~ 5 July 1956
6Chung Soon-seok6 July 1956 ~ 10 March 1958
7Park Seung-joon11 March 1958 ~ 4 May 1960
8Lee Tae-hui5 May 1960 ~ 27 May 1961
9Chang Young-soon28 May 1961 ~ 31 January 1963
10Chung Chang-woon1 February 1963 ~ 6 December 1963
11Shin Jik-soo7 December 1963 ~ 3 June 1971
12Lee Bong-sung5 June 1971 ~ 2 December 1973
13Kim Chi-yeol3 December 1973 ~ 18 December 1975
14Lee Sun-joong19 December 1975 ~ 4 December 1976
15Oh Tak-keun7 December 1976 ~ 21 May 1980
16Kim Jong-kyung28 May 1980 ~ 9 March 1981
17Heo Hyung-koo10 March 1981 ~ 15 December 1981
18Chung Chi-keun16 December 1981 ~ 21 May 1982
19Kim Seok-hwee24 May 1982 ~ 18 February 1985
20Seo Dong-kwon21 February 1985 ~ 26 May 1987
21Lee Jong-nam27 May 1987 ~ 5 December 1988
22Kim Ki-choon6 December 1988 ~ 5 December 1990
23Chung Koo-young6 December 1990 ~ 5 December 1992
24Kim Doo-hui6 December 1992 ~ 7 March 1993
25Park Jong-chul8 March 1993 ~ 13 September 1993
26Kim Do-un16 September 1993[lower-alpha 1] ~ 15 September 1995
27Kim Ki-soo16 September 1995 ~ 6 August 1997
28Kim Tae-jung7 August 1997 ~ 24 May 1999
29Park Soon-yong26 May 1999 ~ 25 May 2001
30Shin Seung-nam26 May 2001 ~ 15 January 2002
31Lee Myung-jae17 January 2002 ~ 5 November 2002
32Kim Kak-young11 November 2002 ~ 10 March 2003
33Song Kwang-soo3 April 2003 ~ 2 April 2005
34Kim Jong-bin4 April 2005 ~ 17 October 2005
35Chung Sang-myung24 November 2005[lower-alpha 2] ~ 23 November 2007
36Lim Chae-jin24 November 2007 ~ 5 June 2009
-Moon Sung-woo5 June 2009 ~ 14 July 2009
-Han Myung-kwan14 July 2009 ~ 19 July 2009
-Cha Dong-min19 July 2009 ~ 28 July 2009
37Kim Joon-kyu28 July 2009 ~ 4 July 2011
-Park Yong-seok5 July 2011 ~ 10 August 2011
38Han Sang-dae12 August 2011 ~ 30 November 2012
-Chae Dong-wook30 November 2012 ~ 4 December 2012
-Kim Jin-tae4 December 2012 ~ 3 April 2013
39Chae Dong-wook4 April 2013 ~ 30 September 2013
-Kil Tae-gi30 September 2013 ~ 2 December 2013
40Kim Jin-tae2 December 2013 ~ 1 December 2015
41Kim Soo-nam2 December 2015 ~ 12 May 2017
-Kim Joo-hyun12 May 2017 ~ 20 May 2017
-Bong Wook21 May 2017 ~ 25 July 2017
42Moon Moo-il25 July 2017 ~ 24 July 2019
43Yoon Suk-yeol25 July 2019 ~

Notes
  1. Acting from 13 September 1993 to 16 September 1993.
  2. Acting from 17 October 2005 to 23 November 2005.

References
  1. "文, 윤석열 검찰총장 임명…"살아있는 권력에도 엄정하게"(종합)". 25 July 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. "검찰청법". 10 March 1993. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
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