Life Summary
Kim Jong-cheol is the chair of the Korea Media and Communications Commission.

He faces the tasks of realizing "media sovereignty" and overhauling the media regulatory system.

He was born on April 25, 1966, in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province.

He graduated from Masan Jungang High School and the Department of Public Law at Seoul National University. After earning a master's degree in law from the Graduate School of Seoul National University, he received a master's degree and a doctorate in law from the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom.

After working as a researcher at the Constitutional Court of Korea, he served as a professor at Hanyang University College of Law, Yonsei University College of Law, and Yonsei University Law School.

He served as vice chair of the Presidential Special Advisory Committee on Constitutional Reform, a member of the Administrative Appeals Committee of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, a member of the Constitutional and Constitutional Adjudication System Research Committee of the Constitutional Court of Korea, and a member of the Prosecution Reform Committee of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.

He also served as a member of the Presidential Commission on Policy Planning, an advisory member of the National Assembly on constitutional amendments and political system reform, and a member of the National Future Constitutional Reform Advisory Committee under the National Assembly speaker.

In academia, he served as president of the Korean Society for Media Law, Ethics and Policy, the Korean Public Law Association, and the Korean Association of Human Rights Law.

In November 2025, President Lee Jae-myung nominated him as chair of the Korea Media and Communications Commission, and he took office in December.

He is regarded as a legal scholar who has expanded his research from constitutional law to freedom of expression, media regulation, fundamental rights, and human rights protection.

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