Cho Kuk

Cho Kuk
조국
Official portrait, 2019
Leader of the Rebuilding Korea Party
Assumed office
3 March 2024
Preceded byOffice established
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2024
ConstituencyProportional representation
Minister of Justice
In office
9 September 2019 – 14 October 2019
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Preceded byPark Sang-ki
Succeeded byKim Oh-soo (acting)
Choo Mi-ae
Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs
In office
11 May 2017 – 26 July 2019
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Preceded byCho Dae-hwan [ko]
Succeeded byKim Joe-won [ko]
Personal details
Born (1965-04-06) 6 April 1965 (age 59)
West District, Busan, South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Political partyRebuilding Korea Party
Other political
affiliations
SpouseChung Kyung-shim
Children2, including Cho Min
Alma materSeoul National University (LLB, LLM)
University of California, Berkeley (JSD)
OccupationJurist, activist, politician
Signature
Korean name
Hangul
조국
Hanja
曺國
Revised RomanizationJo Guk
McCune–ReischauerCho Kuk

Cho Kuk (Korean조국; born 6 April 1965[1]) is a South Korean politician who has served as a member of the National Assembly since 2024. The founder and leader of the Rebuilding Korea Party,[2] Cho served as Minister of Justice from September to October 2019 and as Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs from 2017 to 2019 in the Moon Jae-in Cabinet.

In 2019, Cho Kuk was involved in a series of controversies, including allegations of corruption surrounding his family's business activities. On 14 October, in the wake of these controversies, Cho Kuk announced his resignation.[3] In 2023, Cho was convicted of falsifying documents for his children's college admissions and sentenced to two years in prison.

  1. ^ "[Who Is ?] 조국 청와대 민정수석". 17 January 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. ^ "New political parties brace for upcoming elections". The Korea Times. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Justice Minister Cho Kuk resigns over corruption allegations". Yonhap News Agency. 14 October 2019.