Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
In office November 13, 1998 – January 20, 2001
President
Bill Clinton
Preceded by
John Shattuck
Succeeded by
Lorne Craner
Personal details
Born
(1954-12-08) December 8, 1954 (age 69) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Mary-Christy Fisher
Relations
Howard Koh (brother) Daniel Koh (nephew)
Children
2
Education
Harvard University (BA, JD) Magdalen College, Oxford (BA, MA)
Occupation
Diplomat, legal scholar, politician
Profession
Lawyer
Awards
American Philosophical Society (2007) Sterling Professor (2013)
Korean name
Hangul
고홍주
Hanja
高洪株
Revised Romanization
Go Hong-ju
McCune–Reischauer
Ko Hong
Harold Hongju Koh (born December 8, 1954) is an American diplomat, lawyer, legal scholar, politician, and writer who served as the legal adviser of the Department of State in the Obama administration. He was nominated to this position by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2009,[1][2] and confirmed by the Senate on June 25, 2009.[3] He left the State Department in January 2013,[4] returning to Yale University as a Sterling Professor of international law.[5] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2007.[6]
^Derek Tam, "Koh named for State post," Yale Daily News, March 23, 2009. Archived May 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^Presidential Nominations database Archived 2016-02-01 at the Wayback Machine, via THOMAS . Retrieved April 16, 2009.
^Derek Tam, "SENATE APPROVES KOH NOMINATION," Yale Daily News, June 25, 2009. Archived June 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^"After over three years, Koh to return". Yaledailynews.com. 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
^Bravin, Jess (2012-12-07). "State Department's Top Lawyer Heading Out - Law Blog - WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
^"APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
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