Cho Kuk

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Cho Kuk
조국
Official portrait, 2019
Leader of the Rebuilding Korea Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 March 2024
Preceded by	Office established
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 May 2024
Constituency	Proportional representation
Minister of Justice
In office 9 September 2019 – 14 October 2019
President	Moon Jae-in
Preceded by	Park Sang-ki
Succeeded by	Kim Oh-soo (acting) Choo Mi-ae
Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs
In office 11 May 2017 – 26 July 2019
President	Moon Jae-in
Preceded by	Cho Dae-hwan [ko]
Succeeded by	Kim Joe-won [ko]
Personal details
Born	(1965-04-06) 6 April 1965 (age 59) West District, Busan, South Korea
Citizenship	South Korean
Political party	Rebuilding Korea Party
Other political affiliations	New Politics Alliance for Democracy (2014–2015) Democratic Party of Korea (2015–2023)
Spouse	Chung Kyung-shim
Children	2, including Cho Min
Alma mater	Seoul National University (LLB, LLM) University of California, Berkeley (JSD)
Occupation	Jurist, activist, politician
Signature
Korean name
Hangul	조국
Hanja	曺國
Revised Romanization	Jo Guk
McCune–Reischauer	Cho Kuk

Cho Kuk (Korean: 조국; born 6 April 1965^[1]) is a South Korean politician who has served as a member of the National Assembly since 2024. The founder and leader of the Rebuilding Korea Party,^[2] Cho served as Minister of Justice from September to October 2019 and as Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs from 2017 to 2019 in the Moon Jae-in Cabinet.

In 2019, Cho Kuk was involved in a series of controversies, including allegations of corruption surrounding his family's business activities. On 14 October, in the wake of these controversies, Cho Kuk announced his resignation.^[3] In 2023, Cho was convicted of falsifying documents for his children's college admissions and sentenced to two years in prison.