Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea

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The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea is the head of the nation’s highest judicial body and oversees the administration of the court system and judiciary.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial office
public office
state leadership position
appliesToJurisdiction South Korea
appointedBy President of South Korea
chairs Judicial Conference of Korea
en banc sessions of the Supreme Court of Korea
country South Korea
surface form: Republic of Korea
eligibleFrom qualified judge meeting constitutional requirements
hasAuthorityOver Supreme Court justices
lower courts of South Korea
hasPower to assign justices to panels
to promulgate court rules within statutory limits
to propose appointment of other Supreme Court justices
headOf Supreme Court of South Korea
surface form: Supreme Court of Korea

Judiciary of South Korea
surface form: judiciary of South Korea
jurisdiction administrative cases in final appeal
civil cases in final appeal
criminal cases in final appeal
legalBasis Constitution of South Korea
surface form: Constitution of the Republic of Korea

Court Organization Act of South Korea
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Seoul
memberOf Judicial Conference of Korea
nominatedBy President of South Korea
officeCreatedBy Constitution of South Korea
surface form: Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1948)
officeHolderTitleInEnglish Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea
officeHolderTitleInKorean Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea self-linksurface differs
surface form: 대한민국 대법원장
officeType non-political office
oversees court administration office
judicial policy of South Korea
judicial training and education system
participatesIn en banc sessions of the Supreme Court of Korea
partOf judicial branch of South Korea
precedenceOver other justices of the Supreme Court of Korea
rank highest judicial officer in South Korea
reportsTo National Assembly of South Korea
surface form: National Assembly of South Korea (for certain administrative matters)
requiresApprovalBy National Assembly of South Korea
residence Official residence of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea
responsibleFor budgeting for the judiciary
court system administration
judicial personnel management
overall administration of the courts
seat Supreme Court of Korea building
styleOfAddress Your Honour
symbol Emblem of the Supreme Court of Korea
termLength 6 years
termLimits non-renewable term

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Constitutional Court of Korea appointingAuthority Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea
High Courts of South Korea supervisedBy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea
this entity surface form: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Korea
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea officeHolderTitleInKorean Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 대한민국 대법원장