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Choo Mi-ae | |
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추미애 | |
 Choo in 2020 | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 2 January 2020 – 27 January 2021 | |
| President | Moon Jae-in |
| Prime Minister | Lee Nak-yeon Chung Sye-kyun |
| Preceded by | Cho Kuk Kim Oh-soo (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Park Beom-kye |
| Leader of the Democratic Party | |
| In office 27 August 2016 – 25 August 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Kim Chong-in (Interim) |
| Succeeded by | Lee Hae-chan |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 30 May 2024 | |
| Constituency | Gyeonggi Hanam A |
| In office 30 May 2008 – 29 May 2020 | |
| Succeeded by | Ko Min-jung |
| Constituency | Gwangjin B (Seoul) |
| In office 30 May 1996 – 29 May 2004 | |
| Succeeded by | Kim Hyung-ju |
| Constituency | Gwangjin B (Seoul) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 October 1958 Daegu, South Korea |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Hanyang University Yonsei University |
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| Website | www.choomiae.com |
| Choo Mi-ae | |
| Hangul | 추미애 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 秋美愛 |
| Revised Romanization | Chu Miae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'u Miae |
Choo Mi-ae (Korean: 추미애; Hanja: 秋美愛; born 23 October 1958) is a South Korean politician who served as the minister of justice as well as five-term parliamentarian and 3rd leader of Democratic Party.
She is the first woman to hold the post after Kang Kum-sil who was appointed by then-president Roh Moo-hyun, a political mentor of the incumbent Moon Jae-in. She is also one of handful female parliamentarians who have served five or more terms at the National Assembly and the first to do so without ever being elected through proportional representation.
In 1996, she became the first woman to represent a constituency in Seoul since the Constitution was last revised as well as the first female ex-judge to be elected as a parliamentarian. She has represented the same constituency since then except for four years between 2004 and 2008.
Choo unsuccessfully ran for the leadership of her party twice in 2003 and 2008. In 2016, she became the leader of Democratic Party. When Moon Jae-in got elected as the President of South Korea during her term in 2017, she became the first woman to be the leader of a ruling party. In 2018, he became the first leader of her party to complete its fixed term of two years. Additionally, she was the first female leader of her party and its first leader raised in TK region.