Yoo Nam-seok
유남석
7th President of the Constitutional Court of Korea
In office
21 September 2018 – 10 November 2023
Appointed byMoon Jae-in
Preceded byLee Jin-sung
Succeeded byLee Eunae (as acting president)
Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea
In office
11 November 2017 – 10 November 2023
Appointed byMoon Jae-in
Preceded byPark Han-chul
Personal details
Born (1957-05-01) 1 May 1957
Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, South Korea
Alma materSeoul National University (LL.B.)

Yoo Nam-seok (Korean: 유남석; Hanja: 劉南碩; born 1 May 1957) was the 7th President of the Constitutional Court of Korea since 21 September 2018 to 10 November 2023. Following the vacancy of the presidency of the Constitutional Court; her position has been held since 11 November 2023 by the acting president Lee Eunae until the nomination of the new president in the Constitutional Court

Early life

Born in Mokpo, Jeonnam Province of South Korea, Yoo Nam-seok graduated from Seoul National University college of law. He passed the 23rd National Bar Exam in 1981 and completed the Judicial Research and Training Institute in 1983 to be a judge.

He expressed his view that conscientious objectors should be allowed to be granted the opportunity for alternative military service instead of being punished on his paper titled ‘Legal Review on Conscientious Objectors’ during his military service as an army legal officer in 1985.

He was a presiding judge of the Seoul High Court before becoming the 35th Chief Judge of the Gwangju High Court to replace his predecessor Bang Geuk-seong in February 2016.

He was appointed as Constitutional Court Justice directly by President of South Korea Moon Jae-in on October 19, 2017, and sworn in on November 13, 2017.[1]

The National Assembly passed a bill to appoint him as the President of the Constitutional Court on September 20, 2018, and President Moon appointed him to the presidency the next day.

Career

References

  1. ↑ "President designates new Constitutional Court justice". Yonhap News Agency. Seoul. 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
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