Kim Chang-jong
South Korean judge (born 1957)
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Kim Chang-Jong is a former Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea
Kim Chang-Jong | |
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김창종 | |
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| Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea | |
| In office September 2012 – September 2018 | |
| Nominated by | Yang Sung-tae (Chief Justice) |
| Appointed by | Lee Myung-bak |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 March 1957 |
| Alma mater | Kyungpook National University (LL.B., LL.M.) |
Early life
Born on March 20, 1957, Seonsan, North Gyeongsang Province ,(Now Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province) he graduated from Yongsan High School. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Kyungpook National University. He graduated from the twelfth class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute. He served as Chief justice , Uiseong and Gimcheon branches of the Daegu District court, Chief Justice of the Daegu High court in 2010, and Chief justice, of the 40th, To the Daegu , District court and the Daegu Family court in 2012. In 2012, he was appointed as a judge of the Constitutional court by the Chief justice , Yang Sung-tae and President Lee Myung-bak, becoming the first judge from Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province regions to serve on the Constitutional court.[1]
Career
1985 Judge, Daegu District Court
1990 Judge, Gyeongju Branch of Daegu District Court
1992 Judge, Daegu High Court
1995 Judge Daegu District Court
1996 Chief Judge, Uiseong Branch of Daegu District Court
1997 Senior Judge, Daegu District Court
2001 Chief Judge, Gimcheon Branch of Daegu District Court
2003 Senior Judge, Daegu District Court
2005 Senior Judge, Daegu High Court
2009 Chief Senior Judge, Daegu District Court
2010 Chief Senior Judge, Daegu High Court
2012 Chief Judge, Daegu District Court
Current Justice, Constitutional Court (since Sep. 20, 2012)