Han Dong-hoon

Han was born on April 9, 1973, in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, and moved to the Seocho District in Seoul, where he completed his high school education. He then attended Seoul National University's law school, where he obtained his Bachelor of Law degree. In 1995, while still in college, he passed the bar exam, and then attended the Judicial Research and Training Institute (27th class). His first assignment as a legal professional was to serve as a military judge in the ROK Air Force, and finished his military duties with the rank of captain.

In 2001, Han was appointed to the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office and began his career as a prosecutor.

When he was appointed to the Central Investigation Department of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in 2003, he first met with Yoon Suk-yeol to investigate SK Group's accounting fraud and helped arrest chairman Chey Tae-won, and investigated the presidential slush fund case, Hyundai Motor corruption case, and the Lone Star sale case.

In 2016, Park Young-soo's special prosecutor team investigated the case of the government manipulation of state affairs with Yoon Suk-yeol investigation team leader, and arrested Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics.

In 2017, Han was appointed as the third deputy prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, which oversees anti-corruption and special investigations, and assisted Yoon Suk-yeol When he was the 3rd deputy prosecutor, he led the arrest of former President Lee Myung Bak by revealing that he was the real owner of auto parts maker "DAS" and investigated former Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae's alleged abuse of judicial administrative power and handed over a large number of former and current high-ranking judges to trial.

In 2019, he was promoted as chief prosecutor and led the investigation of the family of the Minister of Justice Cho Kuk as the head of anti-corruption and power department, even though he was widely regarded as corrupt and immoral. In 2020, then Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae demoted Han to Busan High Prosecutors' Office as deputy prosecutor in the first prosecution personnel reshuffle. In June 2020, he was demoted to a researcher at the Legal Research and Training Institute due to the 'Channel A scandal'. In June 2021,[2] due to the Ministry of Justice's personnel reshuffle with the prosecution, he was demoted again to the vice president of the Judicial Research and Training Institute.[3][4][5]

On May 17, 2022, Han was appointed as the 69th Minister of Justice of the Republic of Korea.

In his first speech as Justice Minister, Han stated that he will revive the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors Office's Joint Securities Crime Division (Korean: 증권범죄합수단) that was abolished by his predecessor Choo Mi-ae.[6]