Yoon to Nominate New Supreme Court Chief Justice Candidate Today... Lee Gyunyong Favored

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President Yoon Suk-yeol is reported to nominate Lee Gyun-yong, Chief Judge of the Seoul High Court, as the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on the 22nd.

According to political circles on the 22nd, the Presidential Office is expected to announce this appointment in the morning.

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Chief Judge Lee is from Haman, Gyeongnam, graduated from Busan Jungang High School and Seoul National University School of Law, and was appointed as a judge through the 16th class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute. He has served as a Supreme Court judicial research judge, Chief Judge of the Seoul Central District Court, Chief Judge of the Gwangju High Court and Seoul High Court, Chief Judge of the Seoul Southern District Court, and Chief Judge of the Daejeon High Court. Chief Judge Lee is classified as a representative conservative judge within the judiciary.

The Chief Justice is appointed by the President after the nominee goes through a confirmation hearing in the National Assembly and a vote of consent in the plenary session. The current Chief Justice Kim Myung-soo’s term expires on the 24th of next month.

President Yoon is also expected to carry out a cabinet reshuffle in the afternoon, replacing the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy. Moon Bang-kyu, the current Minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, is nominated as the new Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, and Bang Ki-sun, the First Vice Minister of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, is expected to be appointed as the new Minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination.

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