Jung Jungmi
Jung Jungmi | |
|---|---|
정정미 | |
| Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea | |
| Assumed office April 17, 2023 | |
| Nominated by | Kim Myeong-su |
| Appointed by | Yoon Suk Yeol |
| Preceded by | Lee Suk-tae |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 24, 1969 Busan, South Korea |
| Spouse |
Kim Byeong-sik (m. 1997) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Seoul National University (LLB) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 정정미 |
| Hanja | 鄭貞美 |
| RR | Jeong Jeongmi |
| MR | Chŏng Chŏngmi |
Jung Jungmi (Korean: 정정미; born May 24, 1969) is a South Korean jurist who serves as a justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea. She was nominated by Supreme Court Chief Justice Kim Myeong-su on March 6, 2023, and officially appointed to the court by national President Yoon Suk Yeol on April 17, 2023. She is the sixth woman to serve on the Constitutional Court.
Jung was born and raised in Busan. After graduating from the Seoul National University College of Law and 25th class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute, she began her career as a judge for the Bucheon Branch of the Incheon District Court in 1996. For the next 27 years, she served as a judge for courts in the areas of Seoul, South Chungcheong, Daejeon, and Jeonju. In 2023, she was nominated and appointed to the Constitutional Court as a replacement for Justice Lee Suk-tae. During her tenure on the court, she has been classified as moderate judge.