Ahn Chang-ho Inaugurated as the 10th Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission

Inauguration Ceremony Held on the Morning of the 9th

Chang-ho Ahn, the 10th Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (67), was inaugurated on the 6th.

Ahn Chang-ho, the nominee for the National Human Rights Commission Chairman, is taking an oath at the confirmation hearing held by the National Assembly Steering Committee. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

On this day, the National Human Rights Commission announced that former Constitutional Court Justice Chang-ho Ahn was appointed as the 10th Chairperson and officially took office. Chairperson Ahn's term is three years, lasting until September 5, 2027.

Chairperson Ahn graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in Sociology and completed the 14th class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute. He has since served as a prosecutor in the Human Rights Division of the Ministry of Justice, chief prosecutor of Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office and Seoul High Prosecutors' Office, justice of the Constitutional Court, chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, and legal counsel at the law firm Hwawoo.

The inauguration ceremony for Chairperson Ahn is scheduled to be held at 10:30 a.m. on the 9th at the Human Rights Education Center of the National Human Rights Commission in Jung-gu, Seoul.

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