Source: Overseas Network
Ai Akimi (News Agency)
According to Yonhap News Agency, on January 2, South Korean President Moon Jae-in bypassed the parliamentary hearing procedure and forcibly appointed Akimi Ai as minister of justice (equivalent to the minister of justice). Akimi Ai thus became the second female minister of justice in South Korea after Kang Jinshi. According to the analysis, the procuratorial reform process vigorously promoted by Moon Jae-in is expected to accelerate.
Akimi Ai and Park Geun-hye are fellow countrymen (Yonhap News Agency)
Akimi's term of office begins at 00:00 on the 2nd. This is also after Moon Jae-in accepted the resignation of former minister of justice Cao Guo, a new chief executive took office after 80 days.
Chomi Ae, a 61-year-old member of South Korea's ruling party, was born into an ordinary family in Daegu, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, and is a fellow countryman with former South Korean President Park Geun-hye.
Infographic: Moon Jae-in and Akimi Ai (News Agency)
Akimi Ai has had a career as a judge for more than ten years. In 1995, she was promoted by former President Kim Dae-jung to enter politics. In 2016, she was elected head of the largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party. Qiu Mei loves to be tough and dares to break the existing political situation, and was once called "Qiu Zhende".
In May 2017, Moon Jae-in won the election, and Akimi Ai, then head of the Common Democratic Party, congratulated him (news 1)
Yonhap News Agency said that at the end of 2019, the South Korean Parliament passed the "Bill on the Establishment of a Criminal Investigation Office for High-level Public Officials", and the bill on adjusting the investigation power of the procuratorial police is also expected to be passed in the near future, and now that the minister of justice has been officially appointed, the procuratorial reform process is expected to accelerate. (Overseas Network Liu Qiang)
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