(profile) Justice minister nominee versatile in legal, defense fields
Yonhap News Agency · Lee Haye-ah ·
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- Justice Minister nominee Lee Yong-cheol is a former la...
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- Justice Minister nominee Lee Yong-cheol is a former lawyer with decades of administrative experience in both the legal and defense fields.
A graduate of Yonsei University's law department, Lee passed the bar exam in 1989 and worked as a lawyer before entering the presidential office as a secretary for civil affairs and then as a secretary for legal affairs under former President Roh Moo-hyun.
During his stint as legal affairs secretary, Lee was tasked with implementing reforms in the prosecution, police and the National Intelligence Service.
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