Ministry of Justice to Hold Prosecutor General Candidate Recommendation Committee on 29th... Candidate Shortlisting (Comprehensive)

Minister of Justice Park Beom-gye is attending the Cabinet meeting held at the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 20th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The Ministry of Justice's Prosecutor General Candidate Recommendation Committee (Recommendation Committee) will hold a meeting on the morning of the 29th to select candidates for the next Prosecutor General.

According to the Ministry of Justice on the 22nd, the Recommendation Committee will hold its first meeting at 10 a.m. on the 29th at the Ministry of Justice Gwacheon Office to narrow down the candidates. The Ministry of Justice received nominations from the public from the 15th to the 22nd of last month.

Based on past precedents for recommending Prosecutor General candidates, the candidate pool is expected to be narrowed down to about 3 to 4 people on the day of the Recommendation Committee meeting.

Among current officials, candidates include Lee Seong-yoon (23rd Judicial Research and Training Institute class), Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office; Cho Nam-gwan (24th class), Deputy Prosecutor General of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office; Kang Nam-il, Chief Prosecutor of the Daejeon High Prosecutors' Office (23rd class); and Koo Bon-seon, Chief Prosecutor of the Gwangju High Prosecutors' Office (23rd class).

Among those outside the prosecution, candidates mentioned include Bong Wook (19th class), former Deputy Prosecutor General of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office; Kim Oh-soo (20th class) and Lee Geum-ro (20th class), former Vice Ministers of Justice; and Yang Bu-nam, former Chief Prosecutor of the Busan High Prosecutors' Office (22nd class).

The committee consists of a total of nine members: five ex officio members and four non-ex officio members, with former Minister of Justice Park Sang-ki serving as the chairperson.

The five ex officio members are Kim Hyung-doo, Deputy Director of the Court Administration Office; Lee Jong-yeop, President of the Korean Bar Association; Han Ki-jung, Chairman of the Council of Law Schools; Jung Young-hwan, President of the Korean Law Professors Association; and Lee Jung-soo, Director of the Ministry of Justice's Prosecutor's Office.

The non-ex officio members include former Minister Park, former Vice Minister of Justice Gil Tae-gi, Professor Ahn Jin of Chonnam National University Law School, and Vice President Won Hye-wook of Inha University.

The Recommendation Committee evaluates the eligibility of candidates and recommends three or more candidates for Prosecutor General to the Minister of Justice, who respects the recommendations and nominates one of them as the candidate for Prosecutor General to the President.

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