Lee Yong-hun
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{{short description|Former Chief Justice of South Korean Supreme Court}}
{{family name hatnote|Lee||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Lee Yong-hoon
|native_name = {{nobold|이용훈}}
|native_name_lang = ko
|office = 14th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea
|term_start = 25 September 2005
|term_end = 24 September 2011
|nominator = Roh Moo-hyun
|predecessor = Choi Jong-young
|successor = Yang Sung-tae
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|2|7|df=y}}
|birth_place = Boseong County, South Jeolla Province, Japanese Korea
|alma_mater = Seoul National University
|module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto
|hangul = %이용훈
|hanja = 李容勳
|child = yes}}
}}
Lee Yong-hoon ({{Korean|hangul=이용훈}}; born 7 February 1942) is a South Korean jurist who formerly{{cite news|url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/korean_peninsula/AJ201412190054|first=Akihiko|last=Kaise|title=South Koreans start movement to nominate Article 9 for Nobel Peace Prize|work=Asahi Shimbun|date=19 December 2014|accessdate=9 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118010330/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/korean_peninsula/AJ201412190054|archive-date=18 November 2015|url-status=dead}} served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Korea.{{citation|url=http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=200508181829031&code=910100&fid=|periodical=Kyunghyang Shinmun|title=이용훈大法 소신있는 개혁이끌 ‘적임자’ 평가|date=2005-08-18|accessdate=2010-06-25|last=Gim|first=Jun-gi}}
Early life
Lee was born in Jeollanam-do. He attended High School #1 in Gwangju before going on to Seoul National University's faculty of law.
Career
Prior to his appointment as Chief Justice, Lee served as a Seoul High Court judge, Supreme Court justice, and chairman of the Government Employees Ethics Committee.{{citation|url=http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=050000&biid=2005081902338|periodical=Donga Ilbo|last=Kim|first=Jung-hun|date=2005-05-19|accessdate=2010-06-25|title=Lee Yong-hun Appointed as Chief Justice Candidate}} During his confirmation hearings, he was questioned about high legal fees he had earned—roughly six billion won on 400 cases in five years in private practise, with legislators implying that he had received special treatment from sitting judges—as well as about his purchase of a {{convert|66|pyeong|sqm}} apartment in Seoul's exclusive Seocho-dong neighbourhood.{{citation|periodical=Hankook Ilbo|url=http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/politics/200509/h2005090818130721000.htm|date=2005-09-08|accessdate=2010-06-25|title="5년간 60억 수임료 전관예우 아닌가" {{bracket|'Six billion won of fees in five years—isn't that special consideration for former officials?}}|last=Gwon|first=Hyeok-bom|last2=Yeom|first2=Yeong-nam|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613215224/http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/politics/200509/h2005090818130721000.htm|archive-date=2011-06-13|url-status=dead}}
Following his retirement from the bench, he started a movement to recognise Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution by awarding it the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Category:People from Boseong County
Category:People from South Jeolla Province
Category:Seoul National University School of Law alumni
Category:Associate justices of the Supreme Court of Korea
Category:Chief justices of the Supreme Court of Korea
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