Park Sang-ki (Korean박상기; born 1952) is a South Korean educator, jurist, prosecutor and politician who has served as the Minister of Justice from May 2017 to September 2019 under the cabinet of Moon Jae-in.

Biography

Born in 1952[1] at Muan County, South Korea[2] Park attended the University of Göttingen.[1][2] He used to be a both lecturer and professor at Yonsei University.[1] He is also a member of Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice (CCEJ)[2] and used to be one of its Co-Presidents from February to June 2017.[1] He was also the ex-Director of Dongduk Women's University from 2004 to 2007.[1][2]

Park formerly worked at Supreme Prosecutors' Office from 1998 to 2005, and also at Ministry of Justice from 2004 to 2011.[1] He seeks to reform prosecution.[1]

On 27 June 2017, Park was designated as Minister of Justice, after the resignation of Ahn Kyung-hwan.[1][2] He was officially appointed on 19 July and assumed the office.[3] During this time, he faced several controversies, including receiving the treat,[4] bitcoin crisis,[5] and suppression of trade union.[6] He was replaced by Cho Kuk on 9 September 2019.[7][unreliable source?]

His son is a lawyer.[8]

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