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His Excellency Yoon Suk Yeol | |
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윤석열 | |
 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| 13th President of South Korea | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 10 May 2022 | |
| Prime Minister |
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| Preceded by | Moon Jae-in |
| Prosecutor General of South Korea | |
| In office 25 July 2019 – 4 March 2021 | |
| President | Moon Jae-in |
| Preceded by | Moon Moo-il |
| Succeeded by | Kim Oh-soo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 December 1960 Seoul, South Korea |
| Political party | People Power (2021–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (before 2021) |
| Spouse |
Kim Keon-hee (m. 2012) |
| Parents |
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| Residence | Presidential residence |
| Education | Seoul National University (LLB, LLM) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism (Christian name: Ambrose)[1] |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 윤석열 |
| Hanja | 尹錫悅 |
| Revised Romanization | Yun Seok(-)yeol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yun Sŏgyŏl |
| IPA | Korean pronunciation: [jun.sʰʌ̹ŋ.ɲ̟ʌ̹ɭ / jun.sʰʌ̹.ɟʌ̹ɭ][a] |
Yoon Suk Yeol[a] (Korean: 윤석열; born 18 December 1960) is a South Korean politician currently serving as the 13th president of South Korea since 2022. Prior to his presidency, he served as the prosecutor general of South Korea between 2019 and 2021.
Born in Seoul, Yoon attended Seoul National University. In his capacity as the Chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office, he played a key role in convicting former presidents Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak for abuse of power.[3][4][5] Yoon was appointed prosecutor general of South Korea by President Moon Jae-in in July 2019. During Yoon's leadership, the Supreme Prosecutor's Office conducted embattled investigations into Cho Kuk, an influential figure in President Moon's administration, that would lead to Cho's resignation.[6][7] Yoon's clashes with the Moon administration until his resignation as prosecutor general in March 2021 led to his rise as a presidential candidate.
In June 2021, Yoon announced his candidacy in the 2022 South Korean presidential election. He joined the right-wing People Power Party (PPP) in July, and won the PPP nomination in November. Considered conservative and economically liberal, Yoon ran on a platform promising economic deregulation and other measures such as abolishing the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. Yoon narrowly defeated Democratic Party nominee Lee Jae-myung on 9 March 2022 and assumed office as president on 10 May 2022.
The South Korean version of the Indo-Pacific strategy, a comprehensive strategy covering the economic and security areas of Indo-Pacific countries, has been announced for the first time in the history of the country's government. This reveals South Korea's ambition to strengthen the rules-based international order that will help stabilize and thrive in the Indo-Pacific.[8]
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- ^ Shin, Hyonhee (5 November 2021). "S.Korea's ex-top prosecutor to challenge Moon's party in 2022 presidential election". Reuters. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ Shin, Mitch (5 November 2021). "Yoon Suk-yeol Wins People Power Party's Presidential Primary". The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ Gibson, Jenna (16 October 2019). "South Korea's Cho Kuk Saga Ends". thediplomat.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Gibson, Jenna (10 December 2020). "South Korea's Prosecution Reform Saga Heads Toward Final Showdown". thediplomat.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Introducing the Indo-Pacific Strategy". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea.
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