The candidates for the first Prosecutor General and inaugural head of the Public Prosecution Office under the Lee Jae-myung administration are expected to be revealed later this month. Among the candidates mentioned are Acting Prosecutor General Lee Jeong-hyun and Park Cheol-woo, head of the Seoul Central District Public Prosecution Office, along with lawyer Yae Se-min, a former chief prosecutor in Chuncheon.
According to legal sources on November 15, the Prosecutor General Recommendation Committee is scheduled to meet at the Government Complex in Gwacheon later this month. The Ministry of Justice collected public nominations from October 14 to 21 and has presented candidates for review to the committee. The meeting, originally set for November 9, was postponed due to scheduling conflicts among committee members.
Lee, who is from the 27th class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute, previously served as the head of the Public Investigation Division at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office and as the chief prosecutor of the Suwon High Prosecutors' Office. He has been preparing for the launch of the Public Prosecution Office in his role as acting prosecutor general. Park, from the 30th class, has held positions as the head of the Special Investigations Division at the Ulsan and Gwangju District Prosecutors' Offices and as the head of the Anti-Corruption Division at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office. Yae, from the 28th class, served as the head of the Planning and Coordination Division at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office before concluding his career as the chief prosecutor in Chuncheon in 2023.
If the recommendation committee proposes three or more candidates, the Minister of Justice will present one of them to the President for appointment. Following a National Assembly confirmation hearing, the President will make the final appointment. The position of Prosecutor General has been vacant for 16 months since Sim Woo-jung stepped down in July of last year.
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