조국 曺國

Legal scholar and politician, former Minister of Justice

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Life	1965
Era	현대
Clan	창녕 조씨

Life & career

Jo Guk (曺國, 1965– ) is a South Korean legal scholar and politician. He taught criminal law as a professor at Seoul National University School of Law.

He served as Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs at the presidential office and as Minister of Justice, and afterward founded a political party, took its leadership, and was elected to the National Assembly.

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