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Apr 15, 1957 Seoul, South Korea 67 years old
Prime Minister of South Korea
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- Hwang Kyo-ahn (Korean: ???; Hanja: ???; RR: Hwang Gyo-an; born 15 April 1957) is a South Korean politician and prosecutor who served as the 40th Prime Minister of South Korea from 18 June 2015 to 11 May 2017, having previously served as Justice Minister. In 1981, he passed the judicial examination and in December of 1982, he started his career as prosecutor with the Chuncheon District Prosecutor's Office.
- He worked as a public security inspector with the Supreme Public Prosecutors' Office and the Seoul District Public Prosecutor's Office.
- He also wrote a book on the national security law called the "Public Security Investigation Textbook." After serving as the Chief Inspector of the Busan High Prosecutors' Office in 2011, he served as an attorney at the Pacific Law Firm from September 19, 2011 to January 2013. In 2013, he became the 63rd Minister of Justice .
- During his tenure as a minister of justice, he played a leading role in the investigation and conviction of Lee Seok-ki, and the of dissolution of the Unified Progressive Party.He was nominated as the 44th Prime Minister in May 2015 and assumed office on June 18, 2015.
- On December 9, 2016, President Park Geun-hye's proclamation of impeachment passed, and he assumed the role of president until May 9, 2017. In January, 2019, he joined the Liberty Korea Party, and was elected to the presidency on February 27th. He served as Acting President of South Korea following the impeachment and removal of President Park Geun-hye by the Constitutional Court of Korea on 10 March 2017, until the election of Moon Jae-in on 9 May 2017.
- He had already taken over Park's presidential powers and duties on 9 December 2016 when impeachment proceedings were launched against her by the National Assembly and she was suspended from the powers and duties of the office.
