Constitutional Court picks new acting president
Kim Hyung-du, the new acting president of the Constitutional Court, is seated at the court in Seoul to deliver the court's ruling on whether to dismiss or reinstate impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law in December, April 4. Joint Press Corp
Kim Hyung-du, the longest-serving of the current justices of the Constitutional Court, was chosen Monday as its interim leader.
Kim was elected acting president during a meeting of the court's justices following the retirements of then acting President Moon Hyung-bae and Justice Lee Mi-son last week.
A graduate of Seoul National University School of Law, Kim served as a presiding judge of the Seoul High Court, chief researcher of the Judicial Policy Research Institute and vice minister of the National Court Administration, among other roles.
He was appointed a justice of the Constitutional Court in March 2023.
Kim has been described as being ideologically moderate with a keen sense of legal principles and a flexible way of thinking.
With two vacancies on the nine-member bench, Kim will lead a seven-member bench for now.