The Prosecutor General of South Korea () is the head of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea.
Duties The duties are mentioned under the "Prosecutors' Office Act" () enacted since 10 March 1993.
Since 31 December 1988, the term is set to two years and cannot be extended according to article 12(3) of the Act. In case of any issues i.e. sick, on leave, resignation and/or death, the assistant prosecutor general will take the position as the interim.
List of prosecutors general Notes: Italics are interims. No. Name Term 1 Gwon Seung-ryeol 31 October 1948 – 5 June 1949 2 6 June 1949 – 21 June 1950 3 22 June 1950 – 5 March 1952 4 14 March 1952 – 29 September 1955 5 30 September 1955 – 5 July 1956 6 6 July 1956 – 10 March 1958 7 11 March 1958 – 4 May 1960 8 5 May 1960 – 27 May 1961 9 28 May 1961 – 31 January 1963 10 1 February 1963 – 6 December 1963 11 7 December 1963 – 3 June 1971 12 5 June 1971 – 2 December 1973 13 3 December 1973 – 18 December 1975 14 19 December 1975 – 4 December 1976 15 7 December 1976 – 21 May 1980 16 28 May 1980 – 9 March 1981 17 10 March 1981 – 15 December 1981 18 Jeong Chi-geun 16 December 1981 – 21 May 1982 19 24 May 1982 – 18 February 1985 20 Seo Dong-kown 21 February 1985 – 26 May 1987 21 27 May 1987 – 5 December 1988 22 6 December 1988 – 5 December 1990 23 6 December 1990 – 5 December 1992 24 6 December 1992 – 7 March 1993 25 8 March 1993 – 13 September 1993 26 16 September 1993 – 15 September 1995 27 16 September 1995 – 6 August 1997 28 7 August 1997 – 24 May 1999 29 Park Sun-yong 26 May 1999 – 25 May 2001 30 26 May 2001 – 15 January 2002 31 17 January 2002 – 5 November 2002 32 11 November 2002 – 10 March 2003 33 3 April 2003 – 2 April 2005 34 4 April 2005 – 17 October 2005 35 24 November 2005 – 23 November 2007 36 24 November 2007 – 5 June 2009 - 5 June 2009 – 14 July 2009 - 14 July 2009 – 19 July 2009 - Cha Dong-min 19 July 2009 – 28 July 2009 37 28 July 2009 – 4 July 2011 - 5 July 2011 – 10 August 2011 38 12 August 2011 – 30 November 2012 - 30 November 2012 – 4 December 2012 - 4 December 2012 – 3 April 2013 39 4 April 2013 – 30 September 2013 - 30 September 2013 – 2 December 2013 40 2 December 2013 – 1 December 2015 41 2 December 2015 – 12 May 2017 - 12 May 2017 – 20 May 2017 - 21 May 2017 – 25 July 2017 42 Mun Mu-il 25 July 2017 – 24 July 2019 43 Yoon Suk Yeol 25 July 2019 – 4 March 2021 - 5 March 2021 – 31 May 2021 44 Kim Oh-soo 1 June 2021 – 6 May 2022 45 16 September 2022 – 15 September 2024 46 16 September 2024 – 4 July 2025
See also Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea
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External links Supreme Prosecutors' Office