Life Summary
Yoon Suk-yeol is the former president of the Republic of Korea.

He was impeached by the National Assembly and removed from office by the Constitutional Court after declaring martial law in his second year in office, and is currently on trial for charges of insurrection.

He was born on December 18, 1960, in Seoul as the eldest son among one son and one daughter of Yoon Ki-jung, a former professor at Yonsei University, and Choi Jeong-ja, a former professor at Ewha Womans University.

He graduated from ChoongAng High School in Seoul and earned a degree in law from Seoul National University, where he also completed a master’s degree in law at the graduate school.

He passed the 33rd bar exam and began his career as a prosecutor at the Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office.

He served as Chief of the 2nd and 1st Divisions of the Central Investigation Department at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, Head of Special Investigation Division 1 at the Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office, Chief of the Yeoju Branch of the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office, and later as Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office.

He was appointed Prosecutor General under the Moon Jae-in administration, seen as the right person to support prosecutorial reform.

However, following the investigation into former Justice Minister Cho Kuk, he came into conflict with the Moon administration, resigned as Prosecutor General, and entered politics.

He was nominated as the presidential candidate of the People Power Party and won the 2022 presidential election.

He pushed for four major reforms—pension, healthcare, labor, and education—but faced strong resistance due to his unilateral approach lacking consensus.

In the April 2024 general election, seen as a midterm evaluation of his administration, the ruling People Power Party suffered a crushing defeat, winning only 108 seats.

On December 3, 2024, he abruptly declared martial law, which failed, leading to his indictment on charges of insurrection and putting him in the greatest crisis of his life.

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