Kim Myeong-soo
Kim Myeong-soo is a South Korean jurist and the 16th Chief Justice of South Korea, inaugurated on September 25, 2017, succeeding the outgoing Yang Sung-tae.Biography
Kim graduated from the Seoul National University School of Law in 1981, and passed the National Judicial Examination in 1983. He began his career at the Northern Branch Court of Seoul District Court in 1986. In February 2016, he was assigned as the Chief Judge of Chuncheon District. He began his 6-year term as Chief Justice on September 25, 2017, after being elected in a 160-134 vote of parliamentary approval.
