Prosecutor General of South Korea

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Prosecutor General of
South Korea
Emblem of the Prosecution Service of Korea.svg
Incumbent
Kim Oh-soo
since 1 June 2021 (2021-06-01)
SeatSeoul
AppointerPresident
Term lengthTwo years, non renewable
Constituting instrumentSupreme Prosecutors' Office Act
Formation31 October 1948; 73 years ago (1948-10-31)
First holderKwon Seung-ryeol
Websitewww.spo.go.kr/site/spo/main.do

The prosecutor general of South Korea is the head of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea. The incumbent prosecutor general is Kim Oh-soo, who started his term on 1 June 2021.

Duties[]

The duties are mentioned under the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Act enacted since 10 March 1993.[1]

Since 31 December 1988, the term is two years and cannot be extended.[1] In case of any issues i.e. sick, on leave, resignation and/or death, the assistant prosecutor general will take the position as the interim.[1]

List of prosecutors general[]

Notes: Italics are interims.

No. Name Term
1 31 October 1948 – 5 June 1949
2 6 June 1949 – 21 June 1950
3 22 June 1950 – 5 March 1952
4 14 March 1952 – 29 September 1955
5 30 September 1955 – 5 July 1956
6 6 July 1956 – 10 March 1958
7 11 March 1958 – 4 May 1960
8 Lee Tae-hui 5 May 1960 – 27 May 1961
9 28 May 1961 – 31 January 1963
10 1 February 1963 – 6 December 1963
11 7 December 1963 – 3 June 1971
12 5 June 1971 – 2 December 1973
13 3 December 1973 – 18 December 1975
14 19 December 1975 – 4 December 1976
15 7 December 1976 – 21 May 1980
16 28 May 1980 – 9 March 1981
17 10 March 1981 – 15 December 1981
18 16 December 1981 – 21 May 1982
19 24 May 1982 – 18 February 1985
20 21 February 1985 – 26 May 1987
21 27 May 1987 – 5 December 1988
22 6 December 1988 – 5 December 1990
23 6 December 1990 – 5 December 1992
24 6 December 1992 – 7 March 1993
25 8 March 1993 – 13 September 1993
26 16 September 1993[a] – 15 September 1995
27 16 September 1995 – 6 August 1997
28 7 August 1997 – 24 May 1999
29 26 May 1999 – 25 May 2001
30 26 May 2001 – 15 January 2002
31 17 January 2002 – 5 November 2002
32 11 November 2002 – 10 March 2003
33 3 April 2003 – 2 April 2005
34 4 April 2005 – 17 October 2005
35 24 November 2005[b] – 23 November 2007
36 24 November 2007 – 5 June 2009
- 5 June 2009 – 14 July 2009
- 14 July 2009 – 19 July 2009
- 19 July 2009 – 28 July 2009
37 28 July 2009 – 4 July 2011
- 5 July 2011 – 10 August 2011
38 12 August 2011 – 30 November 2012
- 30 November 2012 – 4 December 2012
- 4 December 2012 – 3 April 2013
39 4 April 2013 – 30 September 2013
- 30 September 2013 – 2 December 2013
40 2 December 2013 – 1 December 2015
41 2 December 2015 – 12 May 2017
- 12 May 2017 – 20 May 2017
- 21 May 2017 – 25 July 2017
42 25 July 2017 – 24 July 2019
43 Yoon Suk-yeol 25 July 2019 – 4 March 2021
- 5 March 2021 – 31 May 2021
44 Kim Oh-soo 1 June 2021 – present

Notes[]

  1. ^ Acting from 13 September 1993 to 16 September 1993.
  2. ^ Acting from 17 October 2005 to 23 November 2005.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "검찰청법". 10 March 1993. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

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