[Profile] Gogi-yeong, New Deputy Minister of Justice
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] On the 27th, President Moon Jae-in appointed Ko Ki-young, Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office (age 55, Judicial Research and Training Institute class 23), as the new Deputy Minister of Justice.
Deputy Minister Ko, originally from Gwangju, was promoted to Chief Prosecutor in the prosecution personnel reshuffle conducted in July 2017 after the Moon Jae-in administration took office. Since then, he has served as Director of the Crime Prevention Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Justice, Head of the Violent Crimes Division at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, and Chief Prosecutor of the Busan District Prosecutors' Office. Deputy Minister Ko is a classmate (class 23) of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl (age 61), Deputy Chief Prosecutor Koo Bon-sun (age 52), and Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office Lee Sung-yoon (age 58) at the Judicial Research and Training Institute.
After being appointed Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office in the personnel reshuffle on January 8, Deputy Minister Ko indicted former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk without detention on charges including ordering the cover-up of the inspection of former Busan City Deputy Mayor Yoo Jae-soo.
Below is the profile of the new Deputy Minister of Justice Ko.
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▲ Gwangju Inseong High School
▲ Seoul National University, Department of Law
▲ Master of Laws, Seoul National University
▲ Passed the 33rd Judicial Examination in 1991
▲ Completed Judicial Research and Training Institute (class 23) in 1994, Military Legal Officer
▲ Prosecutor, Seoul District Prosecutors' Office, 1997
▲ Prosecutor, Cheonan Branch, Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office, 1999
▲ Prosecutor, Prosecution Division 2, Ministry of Justice, 2000
▲ Prosecutor, Southern Branch, Seoul District Prosecutors' Office, 2002
▲ Prosecutor, Busan District Prosecutors' Office (dispatched to Ministry of Justice Policy Planning Division), 2005
▲ Research Attorney, Supreme Prosecutors' Office, 2006
▲ Chief Prosecutor, Namwon Branch, Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office, 2008
▲ Head of Public Security Division 3, Supreme Prosecutors' Office, 2009
▲ Chief Prosecutor, Trial Division 2, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, August 2010
▲ Chief Prosecutor, Criminal Division 5, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, September 2011
▲ Chief Prosecutor, Criminal Division 1, Ulsan District Prosecutors' Office, July 2012
▲ Chief Prosecutor, Suwon District Prosecutors' Office (dispatched as Director of External Cooperation, Judicial Research and Training Institute), April 2013
▲ Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Jeju District Prosecutors' Office, January 2014
▲ Chief Prosecutor, Gunsan Branch, Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office, February 2015
▲ Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office, January 2016
▲ Director, Crime Prevention Policy Bureau, Ministry of Justice, August 2017
▲ Head of Violent Crimes Division, Supreme Prosecutors' Office, February 2018
▲ Chief Prosecutor, Chuncheon District Prosecutors' Office, June 2018
▲ Chief Prosecutor, Busan District Prosecutors' Office, July 2019
▲ Chief Prosecutor, Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office, January 2020
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