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Former Leader of People Power Party
Han Dong-hoon
From "Yoon Suk-yeol’s Crown Prince" to Anti-Yoon Presidential Contender, Faces Challenge in Gaining Support
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Last Updated on Feb 28, 2025
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Former Leader of People Power Party
Life Summary
Han Dong-hoon is the former leader of the People Power Party.
He was born on April 9, 1973, in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do.
He graduated from Hyundai High School in Seoul and Seoul National University’s College of Law.
He completed an LLM program at Columbia Law School in the United States and obtained a New York State attorney license.
After passing the 37th bar exam and completing the 27th Judicial Research and Training Institute course, he began his career as a prosecutor at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office.
During the Moon Jae-in administration, he served as the third deputy chief prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office under then-chief prosecutor Yoon Suk-yeol, leading investigations into corruption cases involving the Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak administrations. After Yoon was appointed Prosecutor General, Han was promoted to chief prosecutor and led the investigation into Justice Minister Cho Kuk’s family as head of the Anti-Corruption and Violent Crimes Department at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (formerly the Central Investigation Department).
He later served as deputy chief prosecutor of the Busan High Prosecutors’ Office, research officer at the Legal Research and Training Institute, and deputy director of the Judicial Research and Training Institute before becoming the first Minister of Justice under the Yoon Suk-yeol administration.
He entered politics as the interim leader of the People Power Party and led the party’s campaign in the April 2024 general election, but suffered a crushing defeat.
Three months after the election loss, he ran for party leader in the national convention and was elected. However, in December 2024, after the National Assembly passed an impeachment motion against President Yoon, the party leadership collapsed, leading to his resignation.
Once considered Yoon’s closest confidant and even nicknamed the "Little President," Han later became a symbolic figure of the anti-Yoon ("Bi-Yoon") faction within the People Power Party.
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He was born on April 9, 1973, in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do.
He graduated from Hyundai High School in Seoul and Seoul National University’s College of Law.
He completed an LLM program at Columbia Law School in the United States and obtained a New York State attorney license.
After passing the 37th bar exam and completing the 27th Judicial Research and Training Institute course, he began his career as a prosecutor at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office.
During the Moon Jae-in administration, he served as the third deputy chief prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office under then-chief prosecutor Yoon Suk-yeol, leading investigations into corruption cases involving the Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak administrations. After Yoon was appointed Prosecutor General, Han was promoted to chief prosecutor and led the investigation into Justice Minister Cho Kuk’s family as head of the Anti-Corruption and Violent Crimes Department at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (formerly the Central Investigation Department).
He later served as deputy chief prosecutor of the Busan High Prosecutors’ Office, research officer at the Legal Research and Training Institute, and deputy director of the Judicial Research and Training Institute before becoming the first Minister of Justice under the Yoon Suk-yeol administration.
He entered politics as the interim leader of the People Power Party and led the party’s campaign in the April 2024 general election, but suffered a crushing defeat.
Three months after the election loss, he ran for party leader in the national convention and was elected. However, in December 2024, after the National Assembly passed an impeachment motion against President Yoon, the party leadership collapsed, leading to his resignation.
Once considered Yoon’s closest confidant and even nicknamed the "Little President," Han later became a symbolic figure of the anti-Yoon ("Bi-Yoon") faction within the People Power Party.
#HanDongHoon #PeoplePowerParty #SouthKoreaPolitics #YoonSukYeol #JusticeMinister #Prosecutor #GeneralElection #Impeachment #PoliticalLeadership #KoreanLaw