Jeon Hyun-hee

{{Short description|South Korean dentist, lawyer, and politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| native_name = {{nobold|전현희}}

| alma_mater = Seoul National University
Korea University

| office = Chairperson of Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission

| party = Democratic

| otherparty = Independent (2020–2023)

| termstart = 29 June 2020

| termend = 27 June 2023

| constituency1 = Seoul Gangnam B

| termstart1 = 30 May 2016

| termend1 = 29 May 2020

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|11|04|df=y}}

| image = 전현희 국민권익위원장.jpg

| birth_place = Tongyeong, South Korea

| office1 = Member of the National Assembly

| constituency2 = Proportional representation

| termend2 = 29 May 2012

| termstart2 = 30 May 2008

| predecessor = Pak Un-jong

| successor = Kim Hong-il

| president = Moon Jae-in
Yoon Suk-yeol

| primeminister = Chung Sye-kyun
Kim Boo-kyum
Han Duck-soo

}}

Jeon Hyun-hee ({{Korean|hangul=전현희|hanja=全賢姬}}; born 4 November 1964) is a South Korean dentist-turned lawyer and politician currently who served as the Chairperson of Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission under President Moon Jae-in from June 2020 until June 2023. She also previously served as a two-term parliamentarian.

Early life and career

After graduating from dentistry school she worked as a dentist. In 1996 she became the first dentist to ever pass the state bar exam. In the early 2000s she persuaded the people infected with AIDS from Haemophilia medicine and their families and began the pro bono lawsuit against the pharmaceutical companies. In 2011 the Supreme Court ruled in favour of victims.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:전현희, 혈액제제 AIDS 감염 소송 승소|url=http://www.pharmnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=55463|date=2011-10-05|website=팜뉴스|language=ko|access-date=2020-05-29}}

In the 2008 general election, Jeon was placed as the number 7 on the proportional list for democratic party.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:전현희 변호사 민주 비례대표 7번 배정 치의 출신 비례대표 국회의원 탄생 '주목'|url=http://www.dailydental.co.kr/news/article.html?no=49416|website=www.dailydental.co.kr|language=ko|access-date=2020-05-29}} For the 2012 general election, she applied to become the party's candidate for Seoul Gangnam B constituency. After losing party nomination for the constituency to Chung Dong-young, her party's candidate in the previous presidential election, she was given other constituency but rejected the offer. In 2016 she was the first to win party's nomination among the candidates for Seoul's constituencies. In the 2016 general election she defeated the incumbent Kim Jong-hoon becoming the first liberal parliamentarian to represent Gangnam District in two decades.{{Cite web|title=[4·15 격전지 ⑪] '별들의 전쟁' 서울 강남을, 전현희 대 박진 중 '별 뱃지' 주인공은?|url=http://www.polinews.co.kr/news/article.html?no=457230|website=www.polinews.co.kr| date=24 March 2020 |language=ko|access-date=2020-05-29}}

Jeon is best to known to the public through her work as the head of Carpool-Taxi TF of her party's Policy Planning Committee. After visiting representatives of taxi industry for over 200 times, she successfully mediated two sides to reach an agreement.{{Cite web|title=Car Pool Agreement|url=http://mn.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=4153623|access-date=2020-06-29|website=KBS News|language=ko}}

A month after losing her re-election in 2020, Jeon was appointed by President Moon as the chair of Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission. She has called for proactive public administration in fulfilling its mandate of fighting against corruption and securing citizens' civil rights.{{Cite web|last=김 |first=범현|date=2020-06-26|script-title=ko:전현희 권익위원장·김창룡 경찰청장 내정|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20200626091500001|access-date=2020-06-26|website=Yonhap News Agency|language=ko}}{{Cite web|last=박 |first=경준|date=2020-06-29|script-title=ko:전현희 권익위원장 취임 "뼈 깎는 반부패 개혁 노력"|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20200629047800001|access-date=2020-06-29|website=Yonhap News Agency|language=ko}}

Jeon holds two degrees - a DDS from Seoul National University and a master's in law from Korea University.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:전현희 :: 네이버 인물검색|url=https://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&sm=tab_ppn&query=%EC%A0%84%ED%98%84%ED%9D%AC&os=154109&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService|website=people.search.naver.com|access-date=2020-05-29}}