Yang Sung-tae

Yang Sung-tae (Korean: 양승태; Hanja: 梁承泰; born 26 January 1948) is a South Korean jurist and the 15th Chief Justice of the Republic of Korea.

In this Korean name, the family name is Yang.
Yang Sung-tae
양승태
15th Chief Justice of the Republic of Korea
In office
25 September 2011 – 24 September 2017
Nominated byLee Myung-bak
Preceded byLee Yong-hun
Succeeded byKim Myeong-soo
Personal details
Born (1948-01-26) 26 January 1948
Miryang, South Korea
Alma materSeoul National University
OccupationJurist, lecturer

Early life and education

Born in Busan, Yang received a LL.B. from Seoul National University in 1970. He began his law career in 1975 as a judge of Seoul Civil District Court, and afterwards served as a judge in several nationwide courts. He also taught as a professor at the Judicial Research and Training Institute. He was later appointed as the Chief Judge of Busan District Court and Patent Court.

Career

During the 1997 Asian financial crisis, Yang, as the senior presiding judge of the Bankruptcy Chambers of Seoul Central District Court, ordered court supervision of bankrupt companies based on fairness and transparency. As the Vice Minister of the National Court Administration, he played a role in reforming criminal procedure. In February 2005, he was named a Supreme Court Justice and served until February 2011. On September 25, 2011, he was inaugurated as the 15th Chief Justice of the Republic of Korea. On September 24, 2017, his term as Chief Justice ended and a successor was named by President Moon Jae-in.[1]

Charges and arrest

By September 2018 his actions as chief justice were under investigation by the current chief justice.[2] On January 24th he was arrested on the count of 40 charges including abuse of his authority as a judge as part of the political scandal that resulted in the impeachment of Park Geun-hye, the president of Korea during the time he was the chief justice.[3]

References
  1. "Moon appoints new chief justice". The Korea Herald. September 25, 2017.
  2. Hyeon-ho, Yeo; Han-sol, Ko (31 May 2018). "Supreme Court chief justice delays decision on investigations into abuse of judicial authority". The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  3. "An influence-peddling scandal ensnares South Korea's top court". The Economist. 2019-01-24. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2019-03-29.

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