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Ministry of Justice

법무부 法務部 Beobmu-bu
MOJ headquarters in Gwacheon
Agency overview
Formed	July 17, 1948; 76 years ago (1948-07-17)
Jurisdiction	Government of South Korea
Headquarters	Building #1, Gwacheon Government Complex, 47, Gwanmun-ro, Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Minister responsible	Park Sung-jae
Deputy Minister responsible	Kim Seok-woo
Child agency	Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea
Website	Official website

South Korea's Ministry of Justice (MOJ; Korean: 법무부; Hanja: 法務部) is a cabinet-level ministry overseeing justice affairs, headed by the Minister of Justice. It is responsible for supervising South Korea prosecution service, legal affairs, immigration control, correction service, crime prevention and protection of human rights.

Its headquarters are located in Building #1 of the Gwacheon Government Complex in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province.

Established on July 17, 1948, the Ministry of Justice is the only ministry whose name has never been changed or altered in the history of the Republic of Korea.

Organization

According to the Decree on the Organization of Ministry of Justice and Institutions under its Jurisdiction, MOJ comprises the General Service Division, Legal Affairs Office, Criminal Affairs Bureau, Crime Prevention Policy Bureau, Human Rights Bureau, Korea Correctional Service, and Korea Immigration Service.

Leadership offices

• Minister
  • Inspector General
  • Spokesperson
  • Office of Policy and Planning
  • Policy Advisor to the Minister

• Vice Minister
  • General Services Division

Bureaus and services

• Planning & Coordination Bureau
• Legal Affairs Bureau
• Criminal Affairs Bureau
• Crime Prevention Policy Bureau
• Human Rights Bureau
• Korea Correctional Service
• Korea Immigration Service

Child agency

• Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office			President	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Lee In [ko]	2 August 1948	5 June 1949	307 days	Syngman Rhee
2		Kwon Seung-yeol [ko]	6 June 1949	21 May 1950	349 days
3		Lee Woo-ik [ko]	22 May 1950	22 November 1950	184 days
4		Kim Joon-yeon [ko]	23 November 1950	6 May 1951	164 days
5		Jo Jin-man [ko]	7 May 1951	4 March 1952	302 days
6		Seo Sang-hwan [ko]	5 March 1952	29 June 1954	2 years, 116 days
7		Jo Yong-soon [ko]	30 June 1954	15 September 1955	1 year, 77 days
8		Lee Ho [ko]	16 September 1955	19 February 1958	2 years, 156 days
9		Hong Jin-ki	20 February 1958	23 March 1960	2 years, 32 days
10		Kwon Seung-yeol [ko]	25 April 1960	19 August 1960	116 days	Heo Jeong (acting)
11		Jo Jae-chun [ko]	23 August 1960	2 May 1961	252 days	Yun Bo-seon
12		Lee Byoung-ha [ko]	3 May 1961	18 May 1961	15 days
13		Goh Won-jeung [ko]	20 May 1961	8 January 1962	234 days
14		Jo Byoung-il [ko]	9 January 1962	31 January 1963	1 year, 22 days	Park Chung-hee (acting)
15		Jang Young-soon [ko]	1 February 1963	21 April 1963	79 days
16		Min Bok-ki [ko]	22 April 1963	?????
17			?????	?????		Park Chung-hee
18			?????	25 September 1966
19		Kwon Oh-byoung [ko]	26 September 1966	20 May 1968	1 year, 237 days
20		Lee Ho [ko]	21 May 1968	20 December 1970	2 years, 213 days
21		Bae Young-ho [ko]	21 December 1970	3 June 1971	164 days
22		Shin Jik-soo [ko]	4 June 1971	2 December 1973	2 years, 181 days
23		Lee Bong-sung [ko]	3 December 1973	17 September 1974	288 days
24 25		Hwang San-duk [ko]	18 September 1974	3 December 1976	2 years, 76 days
26		Lee Sun-joong [ko]	4 December 1976	21 December 1978	2 years, 17 days
27		Kim Chi-yeol [ko]	22 December 1978	13 December 1979	356 days
28		Baek Sang-ki [ko]	14 December 1979	21 May 1980	159 days	Choi Kyu-hah
29		Oh Tak-keun [ko]	22 May 1980	?????		Chun Doo-hwan
30			?????	9 April 1981
31		Lee Jong-won [ko]	10 April 1981	20 May 1982	1 year, 40 days
32		Jung Chi-keun [ko]	21 May 1982	23 June 1982	33 days
33		Bae Myoung-in [ko]	24 June 1982	18 February 1985	2 years, 239 days
34		Kim Seok-hui [ko]	19 February 1985	15 July 1985	146 days
35		Kim Sung-ki [ko]	16 July 1985	25 May 1987	1 year, 313 days
36		Jung Hae-chang [ko]	26 May 1987	?????
37			?????	4 December 1988		Roh Tae-woo
38		Huh Hyoung-ku [ko]	5 December 1988	18 March 1990	1 year, 103 days
39		Lee Jong-nam [ko]	19 March 1990	26 May 1991	1 year, 68 days
40		Kim Ki-chun [ko]	27 May 1991	8 October 1992	1 year, 134 days
41		Lee Jung-woo	9 October 1992	25 February 1993	139 days
42		Park Hee-tae [ko]	26 February 1993	7 March 1993	9 days	Kim Young-sam
43		Kim Doo-Hee [ko]	8 March 1993	23 December 1994	1 year, 290 days
44		An Woo-man [ko]	24 December 1994	5 March 1997	2 years, 71 days
45		Choi Sang-yeop [ko]	6 March 1997	4 August 1997	151 days
46		Kim Jong-gu [ko]	5 August 1997	2 March 1998	209 days
47		Park Sang-chun [ko]	3 March 1998	23 May 1999	1 year, 81 days	Kim Dae-jung
48		Kim Tae-jung [ko]	24 May 1999	7 June 1999	14 days
49		Kim Jung-kil [ko]	8 June 1999	20 May 2001	1 year, 346 days
50		An Dong-soo [ko]	21 May 2001	23 May 2001	2 days
51		Choi Kyoung-won [ko]	24 May 2001	28 January 2002	249 days
52		Song Jeong-ho [ko]	29 January 2002	10 July 2002	162 days
53		Kim Jung-kil [ko]	11 July 2002	5 November 2002	117 days
54		Sim Sang-myoung [ko]	9 November 2002	26 February 2003	109 days
55		Kang Kum-sil	27 February 2003	29 July 2004	1 year, 153 days	Roh Moo-hyun
56		Kim Seung-kew	29 July 2004	29 June 2005	335 days
57		Chun Jung-bae	29 June 2005	26 July 2006	1 year, 27 days
58		Kim Sung-ho [ko]	30 August 2006	3 September 2007	1 year, 4 days
59		Chung Soung-jin [ko]	4 September 2007	29 February 2008	178 days
60		Kim Kyung-han [ko]	29 February 2008	29 September 2009	1 year, 213 days	Lee Myung-bak
61		Lee Kwi-nam [ko]	30 September 2009	10 August 2011	1 year, 314 days
62		Kwon Jae-jin [ko]	11 August 2011	10 March 2013	1 year, 211 days
63		Hwang Kyo-ahn	11 March 2013	13 June 2015	2 years, 94 days	Park Geun-hye
64		Kim Hyun-woong [ko]	9 June 2015	29 November 2016	1 year, 173 days
65		Park Sang-ki	19 July 2017	8 September 2019	2 years, 51 days	Moon Jae-in
66		Cho Kuk	9 September 2019	14 October 2019	35 days
—		Kim Oh-soo (acting)	14 October 2019	1 January 2020	79 days
67		Choo Mi-ae	2 January 2020	27 January 2021	1 year, 25 days
68		Park Beom-kye	28 January 2021	9 May 2022	1 year, 101 days
69		Han Dong-hoon	17 May 2022	21 December 2023	1 year, 218 days	Yoon Suk Yeol
70		Park Sung-jae	20 February 2024	incumbent	303 days

See also

• Justice ministry
• Politics of South Korea

References

1. "Location." (Archive) Ministry of Justice (Republic of Korea). Retrieved on January 1, 2014. "Building #1, Gwacheon Government Complex, Jungang-dong1, Gwacheon-si, Kyunggi-do."
2. "Location." Ministry of Justice (Republic of Korea). October 20, 2011. Retrieved on January 1, 2014. "Building #5, Gwacheon Government Complex, Jungang-dong1, Gwacheon-si, Kyunggi-do."
3. 법무부와 그 소속기관 직제 [Decree On The Organization Of Ministry Of Justice And Institutions Under Its Jurisdiction]. February 25, 2021.
4. ^ "기관연혁 상세정보". National Archives of Korea. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
5. Seo Yong-tai (October 2010). "1920～1930년대 권승렬의 변호사 활동" [The Lawyer Kwon Seung-Ryul's Activities in the 1920s and 1930s]. The Journal of Korean History. 25: 237. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
6. 류정인 (11 January 2012). "'딸 편법입학' 박희태, 또 '부정부패'로 사퇴하나". Media Today. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
7. 김창혁; 신석호; 이명건 (23 May 2001). "[안법무 사퇴까지 긴박 43시간] '장관이 거짓말을… 포기하자'". The Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
8. 안길찬 (27 February 2003). "[파격장관] 첫 여성 법무 강금실 장관". Kyunghyang Shinmun. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
9. ^ "법무부장관 연혁". Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
10. "Former Ministers". Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
11. 민병권 (27 June 2017). "새 법무장관에 박상기 경제정의실천연합 대표 지명". Seoul Economy. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
12. MOJ List
13. "문 대통령, 조국 후보자 임명... 2시 대국민 메시지 예정". 9 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
14. Haye-ah, Lee (2024-02-20). "Yoon appoints new justice minister". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2024-02-20.

External links

• Ministry of Justice (Korean)
• Ministry of Justice (English)

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