Life Summary
Yoon Suk-yeol is the President of the Republic of Korea.

In his second year in office, he declared martial law, and his presidential duties were suspended following an impeachment motion by the National Assembly. He is under investigation on charges of treason.

He was born on December 18, 1960, in Seoul as the eldest son among one son and one daughter of Yoon Ki-jung, an honorary professor at Yonsei University, and Choi Jung-ja, a former professor at Ewha Womans University.

He graduated from Choongam High School in Seoul, earned his bachelor’s degree in law from Seoul National University, and later obtained a master’s degree in law from Seoul National University Graduate School.

He passed the 33rd bar exam and began his career as a prosecutor at the Daegu District Prosecutors' Office.

He served as the head of the second and first investigative divisions of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office's Central Investigation Department, the head of the Special Investigation Division 1 at the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office, the head of the Yeoju Branch Office of the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, and eventually as the chief prosecutor of the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office.

He was considered a suitable candidate to support prosecutorial reform and was appointed as the Prosecutor General under the Moon Jae-in administration.

However, he resigned as Prosecutor General and entered politics after opposing the Moon Jae-in administration over the investigation of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk.

He was selected as the presidential candidate for the People Power Party and won the 2022 presidential election.

He pursued four major reform agendas: pension reform, healthcare reform, labor reform, and education reform. However, his unilateral approach without consensus faced strong resistance.

In the midterm evaluation of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, the ruling People Power Party suffered a devastating defeat, securing only 108 seats in the April 2024 general elections.

On December 3, 2024, he abruptly declared martial law, which failed, leading to an investigation into treason charges and posing a life-altering crisis for him.

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