Harold Hongju Koh

Harold Koh
고홍주
Koh in 2010
Legal Adviser of the Department of State
In office
June 25, 2009 – January 22, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJoan Donoghue (Acting)
Succeeded byMary McLeod (Acting)
15th Dean of Yale Law School
In office
July 1, 2004 – March 23, 2009
Preceded byAnthony Kronman
Succeeded byKate Stith (Acting)
Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
In office
November 13, 1998 – January 20, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byJohn Shattuck
Succeeded byLorne Craner
Personal details
Born (1954-12-08) December 8, 1954 (age 69)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMary-Christy Fisher
RelationsHoward Koh (brother)
Daniel Koh (nephew)
Children2
EducationHarvard University (BA, JD)
Magdalen College, Oxford (BA, MA)
AwardsAmerican Philosophical Society (2007)
Sterling Professor (2013)
Korean name
Hangul
고홍주
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGo Hong-ju
McCune–ReischauerKo Hong

Harold Hongju Koh (born December 8, 1954) is an American diplomat, lawyer, legal scholar, politician, and writer who served as the legal adviser of the Department of State in the Obama administration. He was nominated to this position by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2009,[1][2] and confirmed by the Senate on June 25, 2009.[3] He left the State Department in January 2013,[4] returning to Yale University as a Sterling Professor of international law.[5] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2007.[6]

  1. ^ Derek Tam, "Koh named for State post," Yale Daily News, March 23, 2009. Archived May 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Presidential Nominations database Archived 2016-02-01 at the Wayback Machine, via THOMAS . Retrieved April 16, 2009.
  3. ^ Derek Tam, "SENATE APPROVES KOH NOMINATION," Yale Daily News, June 25, 2009. Archived June 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "After over three years, Koh to return". Yaledailynews.com. 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  5. ^ Bravin, Jess (2012-12-07). "State Department's Top Lawyer Heading Out - Law Blog - WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  6. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-05-14.

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