Life Summary
Cho Kuk is the leader of the Rebuilding Korea Party.

He is working tirelessly to secure the election of proportional representation candidates from the Rebuilding Korea Party in the general election.

Entering the National Assembly, he prioritizes checking the Yoon Suk-yeol administration.

He was born in Busan on April 6, 1965.

He graduated from the School of Law at Seoul National University and obtained his master's and doctoral degrees in law from the same university's graduate school.

He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, majoring in criminal procedure law.

He served six months in prison for aiding the Socialist Workers' Alliance, during which Amnesty International designated him a prisoner of conscience immediately after his imprisonment.

He served as a professor at Seoul National University School of Law, a member of the Innovation Committee of the Democratic Party of Korea, and a member of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea.

As a professor, he advocated for the establishment of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) and the adjustment of investigative powers between the prosecution and the police.

With the inauguration of the Moon Jae-in administration, he was appointed Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs in the Blue House, serving the longest term among Blue House aides. He was responsible for personnel verification, establishing public office discipline, and reforming power institutions.

After stepping down as Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs, he was nominated as Minister of Justice. During the confirmation hearing, various allegations surfaced, leading to a fierce confrontation between the ruling and opposition parties over his appointment.

He resigned from the ministerial position just over a month after taking office.

Ahead of the 22nd National Assembly elections in April 2024, he founded the Rebuilding Korea Party and ran as a proportional representation candidate.

As a scholar and activist with no prosecution background, he has represented the socially disadvantaged. However, during the appointment process for Minister of Justice, suspicions of his children's college admissions fraud emerged, damaging his reputation as a progressive intellectual.

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