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Yoon Suk Yeol
President of the Republic of Korea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yoon Suk Yeol (Hangul: 윤석열; Hanja: 尹錫悅, born 18 December 1960) is a South Korean politician and former public prosecutor. Yoon is the 13th President of South Korea since 2022. He was Prosecutor General of South Korea from 2019 to 2021. As the chief prosecutor of South Korea, Yoon was important in finding former President Park Geun-hye guilty for abuse of power.[2]
Quick Facts 13th President of South Korea, Prime Minister ...
Yoon Suk Yeol | |
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윤석열 | |
![]() Official portrait, 2022 | |
13th President of South Korea | |
Assumed office 10 May 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Han Duck-soo |
Preceded by | Moon Jae-in |
Prosecutor General of South Korea | |
In office 25 July 2019 – 4 March 2021 | |
President | Moon Jae-in |
Preceded by | Moon Moo-il |
Succeeded by | Cho Nam-kwan (Acting) |
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Born | (1960-12-18) 18 December 1960 (age 63) Seoul, South Korea |
Political party | People Power (2021–present) |
Spouse(s) | |
Education | Seoul National University (LLB, LLM) |
Religion | Catholicism (Christian Name: Ambrose)[1] |
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Korean name | |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Yun Seok-yeol |
McCune–Reischauer | Yun Sok-yol |
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