[Profile] Inogong Deputy Minister of Justice... Former 'First Female Deputy Chief Prosecutor' at Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office

Inogong New Deputy Minister of Justice

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Kyung-jun] The first Deputy Minister of Justice under the Yoon Seok-yeol administration was appointed on the 13th as Ino-gong, former head of the Seongnam Branch of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office and the first female Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (age 53, Judicial Research and Training Institute class 26). This appointment marked a seniority reversal, as she is one class senior to Han Dong-hoon, the nominee for Minister of Justice (class 27).

Deputy Minister Lee began her career as a prosecutor in 1997. In 2018, when President Yoon Seok-yeol was the Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, she became the first woman to serve as the 4th Deputy Chief Prosecutor there, and the following year, she was appointed head of the Seongnam Branch, a typical promotion path to chief prosecutor.

Deputy Minister Lee is originally from Incheon. She graduated from Yeongnak High School and Yonsei University with a degree in law, and completed a master's program in law at the same university's graduate school. She passed the 36th Judicial Examination in 1994 and completed the Judicial Research and Training Institute as part of class 26. In 1997, she joined the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, Seongnam Branch, as a prosecutor.

Since then, Deputy Minister Lee has held key positions within the prosecution, including prosecutor at the Ministry of Justice's Legal Affairs Office, head of the Criminal Division 2 at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, chief of the Trial Division 3 at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, head of the Yeongdong Branch of Cheongju District Prosecutors' Office, chief of the Criminal Division 3 at the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office, and deputy chief prosecutor at the Bucheon Branch of Incheon District Prosecutors' Office.

Deputy Minister Lee, who was a strong candidate for promotion to chief prosecutor, submitted her resignation and left the prosecution after being sidelined in the first personnel reshuffle following the appointment of former Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae in 2020. She then moved to become a partner lawyer at the law firm Sejong.

△ Born July 14, 1969 △ Yeongnak High School △ Yonsei University, Department of Law △ Yonsei University Graduate School, Master of Laws △ Passed 36th Judicial Examination · Completed Judicial Research and Training Institute (class 26) △ Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, Seongnam Branch △ Seoul District Prosecutors' Office, Western Branch △ Incheon District Prosecutors' Office △ Ministry of Justice, Legal Affairs Office △ Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office, Cheonan Branch △ Judicial Research and Training Institute Professor △ Supreme Prosecutors' Office, Head of Criminal Division 2 △ Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Chief of Trial Division △ Ministry of Justice, Director of Human Rights Policy Division △ Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, 4th Deputy Chief Prosecutor △ Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, Head of Seongnam Branch △ Law Firm Sejong, Lawyer

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